# floruit

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈflɔɹ(j)uɪt/

## Definitions
1. lived, used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/floruit