Added 10 October 2026
flowery
/ˈflaʊəɹi/ adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about flowery at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
noun
- Someone or something considered flowery. A flowery person. A flowery phrase or statement. A flowery decoration.
- A flowery person.
- A flowery phrase or statement.
noun
- Diminutive of flower.
noun
Origin
From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.
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