Definition of flourish

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Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit..

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Mote :: Mote (n.) The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort..
Antique :: Antique (a.) Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Decoration; ornament; beauty.
Curlycue :: Curlycue (n.) Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper..
Flourisher :: Flourisher (n.) One who flourishes.
Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production..
Verdant :: Verdant (a.) Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
Reflourish :: Reflourish (v. t. & i.) To flourish again.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude..
Trouveur :: Trouveur (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
Troubadour :: Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..
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