flowery

English

Alternative forms

• flow'ry (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower ‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of floury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊəɹi/
• Rhymes: -aʊəɹi
• Homophone: floury (in some accents)

Adjective

flowery (comparative flowerier or more flowery, superlative floweriest or most flowery)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
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 a flowery 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 a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance

   Synonyms: bombastic, verbose

Derived terms

• Flowery Field

Translations

pertaining to flowers

• German: Blumen-, blumig (de)
• Macedonian: цве́тен (cvéten)
• Portuguese: floral (pt), flóreo (pt)
• Slovene: cvéten
• Spanish: floral (es)

decorated with flowers

• French: fleuri (fr)
• German: blumengeschmückt (de)
• Greek: ανθοστόλιστος (el) (anthostólistos)

  Ancient: ἀνθηρός (anthērós)

• Latvian: puķains (lv)
• Macedonian: цве́тен (cvéten)
• Portuguese: florido (pt), flórido, flóreo (pt)
• Spanish: florido (es)
• Swedish: blommig (sv), blomsterklädd
• Tagalog: mabulaklak

of a speech or piece of writing

• Czech: květnatý
• French: fleuri (fr)
• Galician: frorido
• German: blumig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνθηρός (anthērós)

• Latvian: puķains (lv)
• Spanish: bombástico

Anagrams

• fowlery, rye wolf