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flowery.

Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈflaʊəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈflaʊəɹi/General-American/ˈflaʊɹi/General-American
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.

  2. Decorated with or abundant in flowers.

  3. Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.

  4. Melodramatic, overexaggerated.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.

noun/ˈflaʊəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈflaʊəɹi/General-American/ˈflaʊɹi/General-American
  1. Someone or something considered flowery. A flowery person.

    informal · rare
  2. Someone or something considered flowery. A flowery phrase or statement.

    informal · rare
  3. Someone or something considered flowery. A flowery decoration.

    informal · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.

noun/ˈflaʊəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈflaʊəɹi/General-American/ˈflaʊɹi/General-American
  1. A place where flowers grow.

    rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English flower Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English flowery From flower + -ery.

noun/ˈflaʊəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈflaʊəɹi/General-American/ˈflaʊɹi/General-American
  1. Diminutive of flower.

    diminutive · form-of · informal · rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English flower Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flowery From flower + -y (diminutive suffix).

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