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flourishment

flourishment noun: the act or state of flourishing.

Noun

flourishment (countable and uncountable, plural flourishments)

  1. The act or state of flourishing.
    • Such conditions are unfavourable for the installation and flourishment of a fauna and flora over longer periods of time.1985, Detlef Mader, Aspects of Fluvial Sedimentation in the Lower Triassic Buntsandstein of Europe, →ISBN
    • Aristotle believed in human flourishment or happiness as do all Christians.2005, Daniel J. Harrington, Harrington S J Daniel, James F. Keenan, Jesus and Virtue Ethics: Building Bridges Between New Testament Studies and Moral Theology, →ISBN, page 43

Forms of flourishment

pluralflourishments

Origin of flourishment

From flourish + -ment.

Words formed from flourishment

Questions about flourishment

What does flourishment mean?
Flourishment means the act or state of flourishing.
What part of speech is flourishment?
Flourishment is a noun.
What is the plural of flourishment?
The plural of flourishment is flourishments.

Words near flourishment in the dictionary

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

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