Lily vs False - What's the difference?
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Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
(heraldiccharge) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
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(slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a proper noun lily
is popular around 1900 and currently returning to favor.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.lily
English
(wikipedia lily)Noun
(lilies)- But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
Derived terms
(Derived terms) * arum lily * belladonna lily * calla lily * cobra lily * day lily * Easter lily * fawn lily * lily of the field * lily of the valley * Mariposa lily * palm lily * rock lily * spider lily * star lily * tiger lily * trout lily * water lilyAdjective
(-)- "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.
Anagrams
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}