fleur-de-lised

English

Etymology

From fleur-de-lis +‎ -ed.

Adjective

fleur-de-lised (comparative more fleur-de-lised, superlative most fleur-de-lised)

1. Alternative spelling of fleur-de-lysed
   • 1790, “Proceedings of the National Assembly”, in The General Magazine and Impartial Review, page 86:

     Then the Preſident thought it was time to acquaint the Aſſembly, that he had not been utterly unapprized of the deſign of the Monarch; that although he had not received official intimation, he had heard enough to provide for ſome diſpoſition, which, to comply with the wiſhes of the King, conſiſted only in removing of the tables of the Preſident and the Secretaries, and throwing a fleur de liſed carpet on the Preſident’s chair, for the accommodation of the King. […] The Preſident having received him at the door, and handed him to the fleur de liſed chair.

   • 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Notes to Canto Fourth”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, note XI, page lxxviii:

     If you will believe Boethius and Buchanan, the double tressure round the shield, mentioned p. 193., counter fleur-de-lised, or lingued and armed azure, was first assumed by Achaius, King of Scotland, contemporary of Charlemagne, and founder of the celebrated League with France;

   • 1879 December 2, “French Fashions and Follies”, in The Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, volume CXIII, Dublin, page 3:

     This mantle is of white satin also, but is fleur-de-lised in silver, and trimmed with two rows of Alencon lace, intercepted from point to point by garlands of white, leafless roses, intermingled with orange blossoms.

   • 1889, Alexandre Dumas, “In Which the Unknown of the Hostelry of the Medici Loses His Incognito”, in The Vicomte de Bragelonne, volume I, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 88:

     “My brother,” replied the French prince, “you ask me for a million,—me, who was never possessed of a quarter of that sum! I possess nothing. I am no more king of France than you are king of England. I am a name, a cipher dressed in fleur-de-lised velvet,—that is all. I am upon a visible throne; that is my only advantage over your Majesty. I have nothing; I can do nothing.”

   • 1988 December 19, Cliff Kirkland, “Saints at home where they belong”, in The Sun Herald, volume 105, number 80, page D-1:

     A few of the fleur-de-lised stood on top of their 10-6 record while peeling away the carpet stains of another nail-gnawer and allowed as to how said numbers were good enough to get some teams into the playoffs.

   • 1999 June 26, Mark Lepage, “Finest of the freebies: We offer a sampling of the best bang for no bucks in the festival’s outdoor shows”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., page S 5:

     In the meantime, tourists looking for a shorthand course in what happens from St. Denis St. eastward can join the fleur-de-liséd crowd when Marjo and her longtime guitar consort Jean Millaire work their mojo.