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Definitions for Flourish

[1] to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
[2] to be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence, etc.
[3] to be successful; prosper.
[4] to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth, as a plant.
[5] to make dramatic, sweeping gestures: Flourish more when you act out the king's great death scene.
[6] to add embellishments and ornamental lines to writing, letters, etc.
[7] to sound a trumpet call or fanfare.
[8] to brandish dramatically; gesticulate with: a conductor flourishing his baton for the crescendo.
[9] to decorate or embellish (writing, a page of script, etc.) with sweeping or fanciful curves or lines.
[10] an act or instance of brandishing.
[11] an ostentatious display.
[12] a decoration or embellishment, especially in writing: He added a few flourishes to his signature.
[13] Rhetoric . a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect.
[14] a trumpet call or fanfare.
[15] a condition or period of thriving: in full flourish.
[16] (intr) to thrive; prosper
[17] (intr) to be at the peak of condition
[18] (intr) to be healthy plants flourish in the light
[19] to wave or cause to wave in the air with sweeping strokes
[20] to display or make a display
[21] to play (a fanfare, etc) on a musical instrument
[22] (intr) to embellish writing, characters, etc, with ornamental strokes
[23] to add decorations or embellishments to (speech or writing)
[24] (intr) an obsolete word for blossom
[25] the act of waving or brandishing
[26] a showy gesture he entered with a flourish
[27] an ornamental embellishment in writing
[28] a display of ornamental language or speech
[29] a grandiose passage of music
[30] an ostentatious display or parade
[31] obsolete the state of flourishing the state of flowering

Words related to Flourish

twist, embellishment, ornamentation, quirk, develop, blossom, multiply, succeed, boom, expand, bloom, thrive, plume, spiral, sweep, curl, garnish, furbelow, flower, augment

Words nearby Flourish

flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, flourish, flourishing, floury, flout, flow, flow breccia

Origin of Flourish

1250–1300; Middle English florisshen < Middle French floriss-, long stem of florir ≪ Latin flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower

Other words from Flourish

flour·ish·er , noun
out·flour·ish , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Flourish

C13: from Old French florir , ultimately from Latin flōrēre to flower, from flōs a flower

Synonyms for Flourish

embellishment, ornamentation, quirk, twist, curl, furbelow, garnish, plume, spiral, sweep