different between blossom vs blooth

English

Etymology

From Middle English blosme, from Old English bl?stm, bl?stma, from Proto-Germanic *bl?smaz (compare West Frisian blossem, bloesem), an enlargement of *bl?staz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *b?leh?- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin fl?s (“flower”), Fl?ra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?.s?m/
• Hyphenation: blos?som

Noun

blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)

1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
2. The state or season of producing such flowers.
3. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

Alternative forms

• blasom (Jamaican English)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)

1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

Synonyms

• (have, or open into, blossoms): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower
• (begin to thrive or flourish): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

Translations

Further reading

• blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

blossom

1. Alternative form of blosme

English

Noun

blooth (countable and uncountable, plural blooths)

1. (Britain, dialect) a blossom; a bloom
   • 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders:

     All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands. If no blight happens before the setting the apple yield will be such as we have not had for years.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

     'Are you afraid?'
     'Oh no, sir ... not of outdoor things; especially just now when the apple-blooth is falling, and everything is so green.'