Word.ws English Dictionary

flory

UK/ˈflɒɹi/US/ˈflɔɹi/

flory adjective: decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.

flory: decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it
Image: Madboy74 i The source code of this SVG is valid . This, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Adjective

flory (not comparable)

  1. (etc) Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
  2. Having the ends of the arms turn into fleurs-de-lis, rather than having fleurs-de-lis attached to the ends as in a cross floretty.

Proper noun capitalized: Flory

Flory (plural Florys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of flory

Adjective
alternative formfleury
Proper noun
pluralFlorys

Origin of flory

From French fleuri (“covered with flowers”), past participle of fleurir. See flourish for more.

Words formed from flory

Phrases with flory

Questions about flory

What does flory mean?
Flory means decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
What part of speech is flory?
Flory can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce flory?
Flory is pronounced /ˈflɒɹi/ (UK).

Words near flory in the dictionary

  1. flortaucipir
  2. floruit
  3. floruits
  4. florula
  5. florulent
  6. flory
  7. Flory-Fox equation
  8. Florya
  9. Florys
  10. florysh
  11. floryshe

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flory (page history and authors); Flory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “flory.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/flory. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.