flowery

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.

2. 2

   Decorated with or abundant in flowers.

   • At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.
3. 3

   Of a speech or piece of writing

   Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.

   • My accusers, then, as I maintain, have said little or nothing that is true, but from me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language like theirs, decked out with fine words and phrases; […]
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   1. 4

      Melodramatic, overexaggerated.

      • Although flowery actions are used in the plays of the 1890s, waving arms, wringing hands, and pleading with outstretched arms would be unsuitable in plays about modern life.
      • “Miss, it would be my great pleasure to escort you and your uncle to supper this evening.” Sasha stifled her desire to roll her eyes at his flowery actions, but the fact that he omitted inviting Jim irritated her.
      • He kissed her hand in a way she found just a little flowery.
   2. 5

      Someone or something considered flowery.

      • Now the revolutionaries-the Commies, Ban the Bomb floweries, Hippies, Wierdies with Beardies, Aldermaston Marchers, IRA, Anarchists- are in the driving seat.
   3. 6

      Diminutive of flower.

      • Hearken these blissful birdies how they sing, / And see the freshé floweries, how they spring!”
      • That pottie’s too wee for six, Minnie, lassie. Go ben to the room press and you’ll see a big brown one with blue floweries on it.
      • I wore a white dress with yellow, grey and black floweries on it and a large white hat.
   4. 7

      A place where flowers grow.

      • Poppies make very showy floweries and should be planted lightly in the spots where they are intended to be grown.

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