lelieblank
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of lelie + blank. Compare English lily-white, possibly the etymon of the Dutch term. First attested in the early eighteenth century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lelieblank (not comparable)
- lily-white, pale white (now mainly referring to (pale) white skin tones)
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of lelieblank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | lelieblank | |||
| inflected | lelieblanke | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | lelieblank | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | lelieblanke | ||
| n. sing. | lelieblank | |||
| plural | lelieblanke | |||
| definite | lelieblanke | |||
| partitive | lelieblanks | |||