- bluish-lilac
- adjectiveof lavender tinged with blue• Syn: ↑blue-lilac• Similar to: ↑chromatic
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Lilac — Li lac (l[imac] lak), n. [Also {lilach}.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[=i]lak, fr. Per. l[=i]laj, l[=i]lanj, l[=i]lang, n[=i]laj, n[=i]l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[=i]lak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. {Anil}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lilac — (n.) 1620s, from Fr. lilac shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers, from Sp. lilac, from Arabic lilak, from Pers. lilak, variant of nilak bluish, from nil indigo (Cf. Skt. nilah dark blue ), of uncertain origin. As a color name, attested from… … Etymology dictionary
Lilac — f English: a modern adoption of the vocabulary word denoting the shrub with large sprays of heavily scented purple or white flowers. The word is from French, which derived it via Spanish from Arabic līlak, from Persian nīlak bluish, a derivative… … First names dictionary
lilac — ► NOUN 1) a shrub or small tree with fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom. 2) a pale pinkish violet colour. ORIGIN from Persian, bluish … English terms dictionary
lilac — [lī′lək, lī′läk΄, lī′lak΄] n. [Fr (now lilas) < Ar līlak < Pers līlak, nīlak, bluish < nīl, indigo < Sans nila, dark blue, indigo] 1. any of a genus (Syringa) of hardy shrubs or trees of the olive family, with large clusters of tiny,… … English World dictionary
lilac — /luy leuhk, lahk, lak/, n. 1. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire. 2. pale reddish purple. adj. 3 … Universalium
lilac — [17] Like the river Nile, the lilac gets its name from its colour. The Sanskrit word for ‘dark blue’ was nīla. This passed into Persian as nīl, from which was derived nīlak ‘bluish’. This developed a variant līlak, which English acquired via… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
lilac — /ˈlaɪlək / (say luyluhk) noun 1. any of the shrubs constituting the genus Syringa, as S. vulgaris, the common garden lilac, with large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers. 2. pale reddish purple. 3. the scent of lilac, especially in… …
lilac — [17] Like the river Nile, the lilac gets its name from its colour. The Sanskrit word for ‘dark blue’ was nīla. This passed into Persian as nīl, from which was derived nīlak ‘bluish’. This developed a variant līlak, which English acquired via… … Word origins
lilac — li|lac [ˈlaılək] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Early French, from Arabic lilak, from Persian nilak bluish , from nil blue ] 1.) a small tree with pale purple or white flowers 2.) [U] a pale purple colour = ↑mauve … Dictionary of contemporary English
