flowery
Adjective
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Adjective
flowery (comparative flowerier, superlative floweriest)
- (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- 1879, William Henderson, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders
- At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.
- 1879, William Henderson, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders
- (of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions
- Synonyms: bombastic, verbose
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