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lilied

American  
[lil-eed] / ˈlɪl id /

adjective

  1. abounding in lilies.

  2. Archaic. lilylike; white.


Etymology

Origin of lilied

First recorded in 1605–15; lily + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Come where the touch-me-nots shy peep Gold-horned and speckled from the cascades steep: Come where the daisies by the rustic bridge Display their eyes, Or where the lilied sedge From emerald forest-pools, lance-like, thick rise.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

No more the glint of flaxen hair That nestled 'round the lilied brow— No more the rose's bloom will wear The cheek so cold and pallid now.

From The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems by Doneghy, George W.

Followed the usual exchange of lilied words, of felicitations and compliments.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry

Oh bather, may those Western gems Remind you of my lilied Thames.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)

Now a spirit in the rocks Calls him; now a face that mocks, From behind some bowlder slipping, Laughs at him with lilied locks.

From Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

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