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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne