flourish
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.
Inflected forms:
form: flourishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flourishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flourished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flourished
pos: verb
tags: past
form: florysh
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: floryshe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: flourishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: florysh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: floryshe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To thrive or grow well.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The barley flourished in the warm weather.
'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
gloss: To prosper or fare well.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The town flourished with the coming of the railway.
The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness.
One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof […]
Kobbie Mainoo, so often overlooked by Amorim, flourished alongside Casemiro in midfield as United controlled the game.
gloss: To be in a period of greatest influence.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: His writing flourished before the war.
gloss: To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: But all that I ſhall ſay in this vvhole Argument, vvill be but like Bottomes of Thred, cloſe vvound vp, vvhich vvith a good Needle (perhaps) may be flouriſhed into large VVorkes.
gloss: To make bold, sweeping movements with.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
The squirrel flourished its fluffy tail about as an alarm signal after its narrow escape from the cat.
gloss: To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Impetuous spread the stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head.
gloss: To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They dilate […] and flourish long upon little incidents.
gloss: To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: With shadowy verdure flourish'd high,
A sudden youth the groves enjoy.
To bring you thus together, 'tis no sin, Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit.
gloss: To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus?
gloss: To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To brandish (a weapon).
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
gloss: To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: John Smith (flourished 1425-1432) was...
gloss: A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
pos: noun
examples: With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.
Gabriel Jesus' solo goal - as a stunned United pushed for an equaliser - was a flourish that eased any late nerves.
gloss: An ornamentation.
pos: noun
examples: His signature ended with a flourish.
[B]revity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes[.]
gloss: A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
pos: noun
examples: The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.
[I]f he is a soldier in command, successes will be amplified, and the results of his campaigns announced with a flourish of trumpets.
gloss: A decorative embellishment on a building.
pos: noun
Derived words: flourishable
flourisher
flourishly
flourishment
flourishy
outflourish
overflourish
reflourish
unflourished
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: ornament
lang: Finnish
word: koriste
lang: German
word: Ornament
lang: German
word: Verzierung
lang: German
word: Dekoration