lily /ˈlɪli/noun 6adjective 1forms 1phrases 2 noun6 •a tall plant with large flowers that open wide, often white and with a sweet smellThe engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden. — 2025 •Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. •The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. •The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west. — 1646 •The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity. •[usually plural] A royal spade in auction bridge. adjective1 •(slang, offensive) White (as a racial epithet)."Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand. — 1994 formslilies Phrases with lily lily-liveredCowardly, lacking courage. gild the lilyTo embellish or improve something unnecessarily.
