See Also: lloydia(dictionary)
Macheath, Captain(dictionary)

Macheath, Captain (oh) and lloydia (iou)


Macheath, Captain (oh)



a character in The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay who is a highwayman (=a man who robbed travellers)

lloydia (iou)



lloydia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Edward Lhwyd or Lloyd (1660-1709), Welsh antiquary + -IA1.]
Any of various small bulbous alpine plants constituting the genus Lloydia of the lily family, and bearing white or yellow flowers; esp. the Snowdon lily, L. serotina.