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| flour·ish [ flúrrish ] |
verb (past and past participle flour·ished, present participle flour·ish·ing, 3rd person present singular flour·ish·es) |
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1. intransitive verb be healthy or grow well: to be strong and healthy or grow well, especially because conditions are right
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2. intransitive verb do well: to sustain continuous steady strong growth
  The economy is flourishing.
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3. transitive verb brandish something: to wave something in a dramatic way that draws attention to it
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noun (plural flour·ish·es) |
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1. hand movement: a dramatic body movement that attracts attention, e.g. a sweep of the hand
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2. loop or curl: an embellishment to something handwritten, e.g. a loop or curly line
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3. music ornamental trumpet call: a fanfare heralding the arrival of an important person
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4. music short prelude or postlude: a short, often improvised, passage at the beginning or end of a piece of music
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5. music showy musical interlude: a brief, often showy, technical passage within a piece of music
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| [13th century. < Old French floriss-, stem of florir "to bloom" < Latin florere< flor- "flower"] |
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| flour·ish·er noun |
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