Associations to the word «Lieu»

Wiktionary

LIEU, noun. Place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of
LIEU JAUNE, noun. European pollock.

Dictionary definition

LIEU, noun. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats