lilac
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic ليلك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”)[1]
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Noun[edit]
lilac (plural lilacs)
- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink, or purple flowers.
- 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter V, The Younger Set:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter V, The Younger Set:
- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
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lilac colour:
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shrub
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flower
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colour
Adjective[edit]
lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)
- (colour) having a pale purple colour.
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colour
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- ^ Skeat, A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1895
