Meaning

4 senses
  1. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

    With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.

    überschwengliche Geste, große Geste, Hieb

    the act of waving

  2. An ornamentation.

    His signature ended with a flourish.

    Schnörkel, Verzierung, Schwung

    ро́счеркrósčerk, загогу́линаzagogúlina, завиту́шкаzavitúška

    ро́зчеркrózčerk

  3. A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

    The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.

    Fanfare, Tusch, Trompetenstoß

    фанфа́раfanfára, тушtuš

    фанфа́раfanfára, тушtuš

  4. A decorative embellishment on a building.

    Ornament, Verzierung, Dekoration

    an ornamental embellishment in writing

Examples

64 sentences
  1. Your business is flourishing, I hear.

    ruЯ слышал, твой бизнес процветает. — Hellerick

  2. The fine arts flourished in Italy in the 15th century.

    deDie Schönen Künste erlebten in Italien im 15. Jahrhundert eine Blüte. — Zaghawa

  3. Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.

    deTugend kann nur unter Gleichen gedeihen. — pinkymahoney

  4. Mary really flourished after leaving Tom.

    deMaria blühte richtig auf, nachdem sie sich von Tom getrennt hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The orchestra is playing a flourish.

    ruОркестр играет туш. — marafon

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
ornamentation:
ceremonious passage:
Русский
By meaning 2
ornamentation:
ceremonious passage:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
dramatic gesture:
ornamentation:
ceremonious passage:
architecture: decorative embellishment:

Origin

From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-

From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.

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Forms

plural: flourishes
Singularflourish
Pluralflourishes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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