flowery
English
adj
Definitions
- (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- (of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English floury suffix from English flower.
Origin
English
flower
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Passionflower English
- Redflower English
- aflower English
- basketflower English
- beflower English
- bellflower English
- blanketflower English
- bunchflower English
- coneflower English
- cornflower English
- crowflower English
- cuckooflower English
- dayflower English
- elderflower English
- enflower English
- fanflower English
- fennelflower English
- floury English
- flower English
- flower fly English
- flowerage English
- flowerbed English
- flowerer English
- flowerest English
- floweret English
- flowereth English
- flowerette English
- flowerful English
- flowerhead English
- flowerhorn English
- flowerily English
- floweriness English
- flowerkind English
- flowerless English
- flowerlike English
- flowerly English
- flowerness English
- flowerpecker English
- flowerpot English
- foamflower English
- ghostflower English
- globeflower English
- handflower English
- mayflower English
- mistflower English
- monkeyflower English
- moonflower English
- nanoflower English
- noonflower English
- paperflower English
- polyflower English
- preflower English
- pseudoflower English
- reflower English
- satinflower English
- shellflower English
- skyflower English
- snailflower English
- spoonflower English
- starflower English
- strawflower English
- sulphurflower English
- sunflower English
- twinflower English
- unflower English
- unflowery English
- wallflower English
- waxflower English
- wildflower English
- windflower English
- flour Middle English
- floury Middle English
- plaua Tok Pisin
- flower
- floury
- aflower
- floweret
- enflower
- flowerer
- unflower
- flowerly
- reflower
- beflower
- dayflower
- sunflower
- flowerpot
- flowereth
- flowerful
- flowerbed
- unflowery
- Redflower
- waxflower
- fanflower
- skyflower
- mayflower
- preflower
- flowerage
- flowerily
- flowerest
- windflower
- noonflower
- handflower
- flowerlike
- flowerless
- flowerkind
- flowerhorn
- moonflower
- polyflower
- mistflower
- flower fly
- twinflower
- cornflower
- flowerness
- nanoflower
- starflower
- wallflower
- wildflower
- flowerette
- foamflower
- crowflower
- coneflower
- bellflower
- flowerhead
- floweriness
- shellflower
- spoonflower
- globeflower
- satinflower
- snailflower
- strawflower
- bunchflower
- ghostflower
- elderflower
- paperflower
- monkeyflower
- flowerpecker
- basketflower
- pseudoflower
- fennelflower
- cuckooflower
- Passionflower
- sulphurflower
- blanketflower