The word is in the Wiktionary

30 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• flourish v. (Intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
• flourish v. (Transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
• flourish v. (Transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade…
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
• flourish v. (Transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
• flourish v. (Intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
• flourish v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
• flourish n. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
• flourish n. An ornamentation.
• flourish n. (Music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
• flourish n. (Architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• flourish n. Krul, opsmuk.
• flourish n. (Muziek) fanfare, hoornsignaal, toesj, trompetsignaal, versiering.
• flourish n. (Taalkunde) een bloemrijke stijl.
• flourish n. Houw (met zwaard, degen of stok).
• flourish n. Een uitbundig gebaar.
• flourish n. Een sierlijke beweging.
• flourish w. Onovergankelijk, (plantkunde) bloeien.
• flourish w. Onovergankelijk ontplooien, opbloeien, opfleuren, tot bloei komen, tot volle wasdom komen.
• flourish w. Onovergankelijk, (figuurlijk), (economie) bloeien, good lopen, floreren, tot hoogconjunctuur komen.
• flourish w. Onovergankelijkkroelen.
• flourish w. Onovergankelijkkroezen.

— English words, defined in French —

• flourish v. Fleurir, fructifier, prospérer.
• flourish v. Agiter, brandir.
• flourish n. Gesticulation.
• flourish n. Fioriture.

69 English words from 15 English definitions

adorn and anything Architecture beautiful boast bold brag building by␣way␣of ceremonious decorative develop dramatic embellish embellishment execute expand expressions fanciful fanfare fare figures flag florid gesture graceful greatest grow indulge influence Intransitive irregular language lofty make make␣bold movements music obsolete of␣a ornament ornamental ornamentation parade passage pen period prelude prosper rhetoric rhetorical showy strain strokes such such␣as sweeping the thrive Transitive use vaunt wanton waving way well with write

10 English words from 15 foreign definitions

degen een fanfare Fioriture fructifier Gesticulation good lopen met tot

31 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

Agiter beweging bloei bloeien brandir economie figuurlijk Fleurir floreren gebaar hoogconjunctuur hoornsignaal Houw komen Krul Muziek Onovergankelijk ontplooien opbloeien opfleuren opsmuk plantkunde prospérer stijl stok Taalkunde uitbundig versiering volle wasdom zwaard

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

flourishy flourished flourisher flourishes flourishly flourishers flourishest flourisheth flourishing flourishable flourishings flourishment flourishingly flourishments

12 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

reflourished reflourishes unflourished outflourished outflourishes reflourishing unflourishing outflourishing overflourished overflourishes reflourishment overflourishing

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

reflourish outflourish overflourish

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Flo flo' flour ish Ish ISH -ish Lou lour louri louris our 'our -our RIs RIS R.I.S. R.␣I.␣S. Rish uri Uri URI URIs

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Hsi iru IRU olf sir Sir SIR Sir. UOL

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

rushfoil

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

flourishy rushfoils

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

foulish fourish

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

fourish

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (14 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.