Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lilith
IPA transcription: [l'ɪlɪθ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Lilith
    Meaning: in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
Usage examples
  • Meantime, how fared it with Lilith?
  • When night came, Lilith retired to her own room.
  • Lilith descended, and approached him noiselessly.
  • Before morning, too, the form of Lilith had dawned anew in every picture.
  • At an open door he had painted Lilith passing, with her face buried in a bunch of sweet peas.
  • Then Karl knew that he might speak to him of Lilith; and he spoke, and was heard with a smile.
  • Far more courageous than he, because her conscience was more peaceful, Lilith passed on to the studio.
  • In a closet in the room hung a number of costumes, which Lilith had at different times worn for her father.
  • As much as possible, however, they avoided alarming Lilith, who, knowing all they knew, was as silent as they.
  • Lilith's laugh changed into a burst of sobbing and weeping, and in another moment the ghost was in the arms of the vampire.