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flourish
English
Alternative forms
- florysh, floryshe (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English floryschen, from Old French floriss-, stem of some conjugated forms of florir (compare French fleurir), from Vulgar Latin *flor?re, from Latin fl?re? (“I bloom”) (and conjugation partly from fl?r?sc?), from fl?s (“flower”). See flower + -ish.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/, /?fl?.??/
- (hypercorrection) IPA(key): /?fl??.??/
- (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
- (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
Verb
flourish (third-person singular simple present flourishes, present participle flourishing, simple past and past participle flourished)
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- 1795, Robert Nelson, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
- Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness.
- 1795, Robert Nelson, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- Bottoms of thread […] which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- They dilate […] and flourish long upon little incidents.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to John Gower
- With shadowy verdure flourish'd high,
- A sudden youth the groves enjoy.
- c. 1603-1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act IV, Scene 1
- To bring you thus together, 'tis no sin, Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to John Gower
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:prosper
Translations
Noun
flourish (plural flourishes)
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- An ornamentation.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
Translations
References
- flourish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rushfoil
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rocket
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k?t/
- Rhymes: -?k?t
Etymology 1
From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko, rukka (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock?.
Noun
rocket (plural rockets)
- A rocket engine.
- (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
- A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
- A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
- 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,[1] Dutton, ?ISBN, page 203,
- While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, [William Joseph “Wild Bill”] Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.
- 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,[1] Dutton, ?ISBN, page 203,
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (figuratively) Something that shoots high in the air.
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- 2014, Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Contemporary Scottish Plays
- Why were the Luddites named efter Ned Ludd? A wee rocket. A wee fucken fairy bampot. A pure hooligan, smashing stuff up. A ned. Ned Ludd.
- 2014, Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Contemporary Scottish Plays
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ICBM
References
- Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots 2nd edn., p. 72, s.v. ruk-. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ?ISBN.
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000). The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN.
- “rocket” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Verb
rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)
- To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
- To fly vertically
- To rise or soar rapidly
- To carry something in a rocket
- To attack something with rockets
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula.
Noun
rocket (uncountable)
- The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis)
Synonyms
- (US) arugula
- rocket salad
Derived terms
- wild rocket, perennial wall rocket, sand rocket, white rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
- London rocket (Sisymbrium irio)
- dame's rocket, sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
- blue rocket (Aconitum)
- dyer's rocket, bastard rocket (Reseda)
- yellowrocket, rocketcress, winter rocket, wound rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Translations
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