- 3. Ornate, rhetorical, figurative, highly embellished.
Florist, n. Floriculturist.
Flotsam, Flotson, n. Floating wreckage.
Flounce, v. n.
- 1. Fling, wince, fly into violent motions (as an animal in a passion). See fling, v. n.
- 2. Toss about. See flounder.
Flounce, n.
- 1. Jerk, spring.
- 2. Frill (on a gown, etc.), furbelow.
Flounder, v. n. Struggle (as an animal in the mire), toss, tumble, wallow, flounce, toss about.
Flounder, n. Flowk, fluke, turbot (Pleuronectes or Platessa flesus).
Flour-box, n. Dredging-box, dredge-box, flour-dredge.
Flour-dredge, n. Dredging-box, flour-box, dredge-box.
Flourish, v. n.
- 1. Thrive, grow.
- 2. Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well.
- 3. Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash,
make a flourish.
- 4. Attain one’s prime, be at the height of one’s powers, be in vigor, exercise one’s full powers.
Flourish, v. a. Brandish, wave.
Flourish, n.
- 1. Ostentation, parade, show, display, dash.
- 2. Bombast, grandiloquence, altiloquence, fustian, flowery speech, high-sounding words.
- 3. Fanciful strokes (of a pen, etc.).