Fleur-de-lis

Alternative forms

• fleur-de-lys
• fleur-de-luce, flour-delice obsolete

Origin

From French fleur de lys, "lily flower"

Full definition of fleur-de-lis

Noun

1. (heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.9:Adorned all with gemmes of endlesse price, … And all embost with Lyons and with Flour-delice.
• 2013, Lesley Gillian, The Guardian, 26 Apr 2013:One room has a pink marble bathroom with a gold fleur de lys pattern around the tub.

Synonyms

• âšœ

Anagrams

• fullerides