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flourishings

flourishings is the plural of flourishing.

Meaning of flourishing

Noun

flourishing (plural flourishings)

  1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
  2. A bold, sweeping movement.
    • Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her...1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
  3. A period of greatest influence.
  4. A boasting or bragging.
  5. The brandishing of a weapon.

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Questions about flourishings

What is flourishings the plural of?
Flourishings is the plural of flourishing.

Words near flourishings in the dictionary

  1. flourishes
  2. flourishest
  3. flourisheth
  4. flourishing
  5. flourishingly
  6. flourishings
  7. flourishly
  8. flourishment
  9. flourishments
  10. flourishy
  11. flourless

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