flourishing
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ɪ adjective
growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence, etc.
3.
to be successful; prosper.
4.
to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth, as a plant.
5.
to make dramatic, sweeping gestures: Flourish more when you act out the king's great death scene.
6.
to add embellishments and ornamental lines to writing, letters, etc.
7.
to sound a trumpet call or fanfare.
verb (used with object)
8.
to brandish dramatically; gesticulate with: a conductor flourishing his baton for the crescendo.
9.
to decorate or embellish (writing, a page of script, etc.) with sweeping or fanciful curves or lines.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English florisshen < Middle French floriss-, long stem of florir ≪ Latin flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower
1250–1300; Middle English florisshen < Middle French floriss-, long stem of florir ≪ Latin flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower
Related forms
flour·ish·er, noun
out·flour·ish, verb (used with object)
Antonyms
1. fade, decline.
1. fade, decline.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to thrive; prosper |
| 2. | (intr) to be at the peak of condition |
| 3. | (intr) to be healthy: plants flourish in the light |
| 4. | to wave or cause to wave in the air with sweeping strokes |
| 5. | to display or make a display |
| 6. | to play (a fanfare, etc) on a musical instrument |
| 7. | (intr) to embellish writing, characters, etc, with ornamental strokes |
| 8. | to add decorations or embellishments to (speech or writing) |
| 9. | (intr) an obsolete word for blossom |
| —n | |
| 10. | the act of waving or brandishing |
| 11. | a showy gesture: he entered with a flourish |
| 12. | an ornamental embellishment in writing |
| 13. | a display of ornamental language or speech |
| 14. | a grandiose passage of music |
| 15. | an ostentatious display or parade |
| 16. | obsolete |
| a. the state of flourishing | |
| b. the state of flowering | |
| [C13: from Old French florir, ultimately from Latin flōrēre to flower, from flōs a flower] | |
| 'flourisher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
flourish
c.1300, "to blossom, grow," from O.Fr. floriss-, stem of florir, from L. florere "to bloom, blossom, flower," from flos "a flower" (see flora). Metaphoric sense of "thrive" is mid-14c. Meaning "to brandish (a weapon)" first attested late 14c. Related: Flourished; flourishing.
The noun meaning "literary or rhetorical embellishment" is from c.1600.
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Example sentences
Philanthropy is flourishing as the number of super-rich people keeps growing.
Morality relates to flourishing of conscious creatures.
Flourishing as a successful contrarian requires both an understanding and, on some level, an embrace of what is being opposed.
Yet luxury e-tailers, which sell designer goods online at discounted prices, are flourishing.
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