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lilywhite

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lil⋅y-white

[adj. lil-ee-hwahyt, -wahyt; n. lil-ee-hwahyt, -wahyt]
–adjective
1. white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
2. pure; untouched by corruption or imperfection; above reproach: He tries to pass himself off as some sort of lily-white saint, but he's not.
3. designating or pertaining to any faction, organization, or group opposing the inclusion of blacks, esp. in political or social life.
–noun
4. a member of a lily-white organization, esp. a member of a former faction of the Republican party in the South opposed to the inclusion of blacks in the party or in political life in general.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME lylie-whyt


3. segregated, discriminatory, unintegrated.
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