flourish

Where “flourish” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To thrive or grow well.
2. 2
   To prosper or fare well.
3. 3
   To be in a period of greatest influence.
4. 4
   To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
5. 5
   To make bold, sweeping movements with.
6. 6
   To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
7. 7
   To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
8. 8
   To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
9. 9
   To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
10. 10
    To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
11. 11
    To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
12. 12
    To brandish (a weapon).
13. 13
    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.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fflourish,fllourish,floruish,flouirsh,flourihs,flourishh,flourissh,flourrish,floursih,fluorish,folurish,lfourish

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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