floristy
floristy adjective: typical of something a florist creates or produces.
Adjective
floristy (comparative more floristy, superlative most floristy)
- Typical of something a florist creates or produces.
- It is well named, for it is a very “floristy” flower, and is bound to be a favourite among the show fraternity.1914, The Garden, page 207
- The flowers; they had determined to have only natural flowers of the season, nothing floristy.1963, Mary McCarthy, The Group, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 358
Examples of floristy in a sentence
- “To me, they look bright and colorful.” “Floristy,” his wife told him.1971, Mary McCarthy, Birds of America, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., →ISBN, page 82:
- I used garden flowers, and weed kind of things, grasses, nothing floristy, and Dick loved it.2017, Norma Stevens, Steven M. L. Aronson, quoting Maggy Geiger, Avedon: Something Personal, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
Forms of floristy
| comparative | more floristy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most floristy |
Origin of floristy
From florist + -y.
Questions about floristy
- What does floristy mean?
- Floristy means typical of something a florist creates or produces.
- How do you use floristy in a sentence?
- “To me, they look bright and colorful.” “Floristy,” his wife told him.
- What part of speech is floristy?
- Floristy is an adjective.
Words near floristy in the dictionary
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