lily-white

• Adjektiv, das verwendet wird, um etwas als rein weiß zu beschreiben oder im übertragenen Sinn jemanden als moralisch rein oder unschuldig.

An adjective used to describe something that is pure white, or figuratively, someone who is morally pure or innocent.

1. Pure white colorB1formal

   Having a pure, bright white color, like that of a lily flower.

   Schneeweiß

   • The bride wore a lily-white dress.
   • The snow was lily-white under the moonlight.
   • The petals of the flower were a perfect lily-white.

   Synonymeivorymilk-whitepearlysnow-whitesnowy

2. Exclusively whiteC1informalamerican

   Restricted to or composed only of white people, often in a discriminatory context.

   Nur für Weiße

   • The club had a lily-white membership policy until the 1960s.
   • The neighborhood was historically lily-white.
   • They criticized the organization for its lily-white leadership.

   Antonymediverseintegratedmultiracial