millefleur

American

[meel-flur, -floor, meel-flœr] / milˈflɜr, -ˈflʊər, milˈflœr /

adjective

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork.

Etymology

Origin of millefleur

1905–10; < French mille fleurs literally, thousand flowers; cf. millefiori

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

millefleur

He ranges through forests or millefleur backgrounds, followed by hunters and eager dogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are trees of millefleur roses; heliotrope and honeysuckle cover every pillar, and yellow jasmine trails over everything….

From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023