flowery
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flowery¹
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ UK
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ US
- /ˈflaʊɹi/ US
Sounds like floury (US and one UK pronunciation) · Rhymes with -aʊəɹi, -aʊɹi
Where it comes from
From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.
adjective flowerier · more flowery · floweriest · most flowery · flow'ry
- Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers. “Sir you are mistaken—I am not——.” But before he could say ‘a girl,’ this ancient period-strumpet of a bedizened man (upon a pattern drawn from a time of swords and silk, when men were in their floweriest scent—savagely tattooed with braid—intoxicated with their own snuff—forever on tiptoe—disgusted
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Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.
Similar: flowerful
- Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance. My accusers, then, as I maintain, have said little or nothing that is true, but from me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language like theirs, decked out with fine words and phrases; […]
- Melodramatic, overexaggerated. Although flowery actions are used in the plays of the 1890s, waving arms, wringing hands, and pleading with outstretched arms would be unsuitable in plays about modern life.
noun floweries · flow'ry
- A flowery person. Now the revolutionaries-the Commies, Ban the Bomb floweries, Hippies, Wierdies with Beardies, Aldermaston Marchers, IRA, Anarchists- are in the driving seat.
- A flowery phrase or statement. “I am glad to find I have such an eloquent junior,” said he, shaking hands with me. “Just leave me the law and the arguments, and do you take the floweries.” / […] “I am afraid, Magee,” said I, “that neither your law nor my ‘floweries,’ as you call them, will be of much use here. The game is up.” /
- A flowery decoration. [H]e gave it in charge to the Goldſmiths that were moſt ingenious, and of beſt capacity, to finſh and accompliſh the Buſineſs, engraven and adorned with all poſſible Variety: commanding that thoſe who wrought in the Borders, Raiſings, Floweries, Wrappings, Entortilations, and ſuch like; ſhould amuſe
flowery²
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ UK
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ US
- /ˈflaʊɹi/ US
Sounds like floury (US and one UK pronunciation) · Rhymes with -aʊəɹi, -aʊɹi
noun floweries
- Diminutive of flower Hearken these blissful birdies how they sing, / And see the freshé floweries, how they spring!”
flowery³
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ UK
- /ˈflaʊəɹi/ US
- /ˈflaʊɹi/ US
Sounds like floury (US and one UK pronunciation) · Rhymes with -aʊəɹi, -aʊɹi
noun floweries
- A place where flowers grow. Poppies make very showy floweries and should be planted lightly in the spots where they are intended to be grown.
Translations
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adj decorated with flowers
| Español | florido |
|---|---|
| Português | florido, flórido, flóreo |
| Français | fleuri |
| Deutsch | blumengeschmückt |
| Ελληνικά | ανθοστόλιστος anthostólistos |
adj of a speech or piece of writing
| Español | bombástico |
|---|---|
| Français | fleuri |
| Deutsch | blumig |
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title = {flowery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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