fleuron

[ flur-on, floor- ]

noun
  1. a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.

  2. Printing. flower (def. 6).

Origin of fleuron

1
1350–1400; <French; Old French floron, equivalent to florflower + -on noun suffix; replacing Middle English flouroun<Old French

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How to use fleuron in a sentence

  • The handle broke, the flame set fire to the loose powder,—and that was the end of the gallant ship fleuron.

  • fleuron on the title-page of Histoire de lamesure du temps par les horloges, byFerdinand Berthoud, 1802.

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  • fleuron on the title-page of volume vii ofCollection complte des uvres deJ.-J.

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  • And so he went on board the fleuron to surrender his sword and his privateer commission.

British Dictionary definitions for fleuron

fleuron

/ (ˈflʊərɒn, -rən, ˈflɜː-) /


noun
  1. another name for flower (def. 8)

  2. cookery a decorative piece of pastry

Origin of fleuron

1
C14: from French, from Old French floron, from flor flower

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