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noun
The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: flowering
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Lived, flourished; used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive or known to have been notably active, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: defective
Qualifier: rare except abbreviated
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
