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Lilac

//ˈlaɪlək// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a pale purple colour.
  2. 2
    Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of a pale purple color wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English.

    ""Lilac Kingsmith," I said. "What a neat name.""

Noun
  1. 1
    A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

    "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."

  2. 2
    any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    A flower of the lilac shrub.

    "[…] O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, / But mostly and now the lilac that blooms the first, / Copious I break, I break the sprigs from the bushes, / With loaded arms I come, pouring for you, / For you and the coffins all of you O death."

  4. 4
    A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
  5. 5
    A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).

Etymology 2

From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).

Etymology 3

From lilac.

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