Associations to the word «Purlieu»

Wiktionary

PURLIEU, noun. (historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
PURLIEU, noun. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

Dictionary definition

PURLIEU, noun. An outer adjacent area of any place.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin