floury
Middle English
/ˈfluːriː/
adjective
Definitions
- Covered in flowers or representations of them; flowery.
- Prosperous, thriving; experiencing wealth, fame, or success.
- (cooking) Blanketed in flour; floury.
Etymology
Affix from Middle English flour.
Origin
Middle English
flour
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flour English
- flourily English
- flouriness English
- floury English
- flower English
- flowerily English
- floweriness English
- flowery English
- unfloury English
- unflowery English
- flour Middle English
- flouryng Middle English
- lilie flour Middle English
- flour Scots
- flur xno