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Herzog’s dialogue, pruning the social floweriness and conversational whorls of Ibsen’s naturalism, gets right to the point of every line, leaving the text raw and red, as if exfoliated.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

And it’s not just one type of floweriness.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

The floweriness, the beams of light, the linking of hands, was almost too much for her, too innocent.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

"Your very good health," said Texas, who was somewhat embarrassed by what was regarded as Costigan's "floweriness."

From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie

Yet, from the first, amid all this floweriness, a touch or trace of that gloom is discernible.

From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter