flowery

[flou-uh-ree]

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adjective, flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est.

covered with or having many flowers.

decorated with floral designs.

rhetorically ornate or precious: flowery language.

resembling a flower in fragrance: a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma.

Origin of flowery

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at flower, -y¹

Related formsflow·er·i·ly, adverbflow·er·i·ness, nounun·flow·er·y, adjective

Synonyms for flowery

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3. florid, showy, elaborate.

Synonym study

3. See bombastic.

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Related Words for flowery

aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, euphemistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen

Examples from the Web for flowery

Contemporary Examples of flowery

This explains the crumpled look of his beautiful red velvet suit paired with cowboy boots and a flowery style shirt.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
Liza Foreman
November 11, 2014
The Daily Pic: Becca Albee imagines a world of flowery front pages.
If It Blooms, It Leads
Blake Gopnik
October 11, 2013

Historical Examples of flowery

A flowery way, he was sure, with real grass in it like the Resident's garden.
Jan and Her Job
L. Allen Harker
By what I can pick out of your flowery description, your brother is no beau.
The Contrast
Royall Tyler
Meanwhile the hotel-keeper was to go about his duties at The Flowery Crossways.
A Nest of Spies
Pierre Souvestre
There was stillness in the flowery region just above the Colonel's head.
The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2
Various
The truth is, I don't like this cable; in spite of its flowery opening I don't like it at all.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2
Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for flowery

flowery

adjective

abounding in flowers

decorated with flowers or floral patterns

like or suggestive of flowersa flowery scent

(of language or style) elaborate; ornate

Derived Formsfloweriness, noun

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Word Origin and History for flowery

adj.

mid-14c., from flower (n.) + -y (2). Related: Floweriness.