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overflourish

verb

Etymology

From over- + flourish.

  1. derived from flos — “flower”
  2. derived from floreo
  3. derived from florio
  4. derived from florir
  5. inherited from floryschen
  6. prefixed as overflourish — “over + flourish”

Definitions

  1. To make excessive display or flourish of.

    • Men, like falle Glasses, generally represent their Complexion better than Nature has made it. And as they are likely to overflourish their own Case, ſo their Flattery is hardest to be discover'd .

  2. To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes

    To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.

    • the beauteous evil / Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA