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flowery

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfloury, equivalent toflower +‎-y.Piecewise doublet offloury.

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flowery (comparativeflowerierormoreflowery,superlativefloweriestormostflowery)

  1. (not comparable) Pertaining toflowers.
  2. Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
    Synonym:(poetic)flowerful
    • 1879, William Henderson,Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders:
      At last she reached aflowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.
  3. (of aspeech or piece of writing) overlycomplicated orelaborate; withgrandiloquentexpressions; marked by rhetorical elegance
    Synonyms:bombastic,verbose

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pertaining to flowers
decorated with flowers
of a speech or piece of writing

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