floweret
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of floweret
1350–1400; Middle English, variant of floret
Example Sentences
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My Spring is gone, however, but it has left me that French floweret on my hands, which, in some moods, I would fain be rid of.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Who should love thee, my floweret, if not thine own mother?
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
Each must have full space to display every tiny floweret, and not to hide the golden glory beneath.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
Life let us cherish While yet the taper glows, And the fresh floweret Pluck ere it close.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
So may the stream of Life’s long dream Flow gently onward to its end, With many a floweret gay, Adown its billowy way: May no sigh vex nor care perplex My loving little Friend!
From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Moses, Belle
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