lily-white

• Adjectif décrivant quelque chose de blanc pur ou, au sens figuré, quelqu'un de moralement pur ou d'innocent.

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.

   blanc comme un lis

   • 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.

   Synonymesivorymilk-whitepearlysnow-whitesnowy

2. Exclusively whiteC1informalamerican

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

   exclusivement blanc

   • 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.

   Antonymesdiverseintegratedmultiracial