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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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What Does My Name Mean?
My name is Lily.
I'm looking up information on the meaning of my name and I haven't been able to find anything worthwhile.
If anyone can give me any information at all or even a website it will be much appreciated.
Thank you. ^-^
I'm looking up information on the meaning of my name and I haven't been able to find anything worthwhile.
If anyone can give me any information at all or even a website it will be much appreciated.
Thank you. ^-^
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E. lilie, from L. lilia, pl.
- E.
- lilie, from L.
- lilia, pl.
- of lilium "a lily," cognate with Gk.
- leirion, both perhaps borrowed from a corrupted pronunciation of an Egyptian word.
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Lily: O.E. lilie, from L. lilia, pl. of lilium "a lily," cognate with Gk. leirion, both perhaps borrowed from a corrupted pronunciation of an Egyptian word. Used in O.T. to translate Heb. shoshanna and in N.T. to translate Gk. krinon. The color sense of "pale, bloodless" led to lily-livered "cowardly" (1605, in "Macbeth;" see
Lily: O.E. lilie, from L. lilia, pl. of lilium "a lily," cognate with Gk. leirion, both perhaps borrowed from a corrupted pronunciation of an Egyptian word. Used in O.T. to translate Heb. shoshanna and in N.T. to translate Gk. krinon. The color sense of "pale, bloodless" led to lily-livered "cowardly" (1605, in "Macbeth;" see
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