wallflower
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wallflower
- /ˈwɔːlˌflaʊ.ə/ UK
- /ˈwɔlˌflaʊ.ɚ/ US
- /ˈwɑlˌflaʊ.ɚ/ US
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From wall + flower.
noun wallflowers · wall-flower · wall flower
- Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. A polypetalous corolla is either cruciform, as in a wall-flower, rosaceous, papilionaceous, as in the pea kind, or incomplete, when some parts found in analogous flowers are wanting.
- Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia.
- A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. Mrs. Galbraith shook all over with laughter as she replied, "Hear that boy, asking me to dance ! I'm content to be a wallflower, now-a-days."
- Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. I've always been a wallflower, even in my own home. But, I'm willing to learn to be a part of your world. I would like to. I have already told my parents that I want to go to soirées.
verb wallflowers · wallflowering · wallflowered · wall-flower · wall flower
- To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in. […] the idea that a full tango experience is impossible without the presence of wallflowers and without the threat of wallflowering as the potential dancers enter the tango club.
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noun herb of the Erysimum genus
| Español | alhelí |
|---|---|
| Português | goivo, goiveira |
| Français | vélar, herbe aux chantres |
| Deutsch | Goldlack, Lackstock, Lackviole, Schöterich |
| Italiano | violaciocca |
| Română | micsandră-sălbatică, micsandră-de-munte, micșunea |
| Русский | желтофио́ль želtofiólʹ, желту́шник želtúšnik |
| العربية | خَيْرِيّ ḵayriyy, قَصِيصَة qaṣīṣa, مَنْثُور manṯūr, تُودَرِيّ tūdariyy, فُجْل الْجَمَلِ fujl al-jamali |
| עברית | אריסימון erisimón |
noun person who does not dance at a party
| Deutsch | Mauerblümchen |
|---|---|
| Русский | тихо́ня tixónja |
noun socially awkward person
| Español | inadaptado, feo del baile, fea del baile |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 壁の花 kabe no hana |
| 中文 | 壁花 |
| Deutsch | Mauerblümchen |
| Русский | тихо́ня tixónja |
| עברית | פרח קיר pérakh kir |
Talk about this word "wallflower." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wallflower. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wallflower. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wallflower "wallflower." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wallflower.
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@misc{wallflower_2026,
title = {wallflower},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wallflower},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
