floweries

Noun (1)

flowery (plural floweries)

1. (informal, rare) A flowery person.
   • Now the revolutionaries-the Commies, Ban the Bomb floweries, Hippies, Wierdies with Beardies, Aldermaston Marchers, IRA, Anarchists- are in the driving seat.2004 January 13, DaveK, “All We have To Do To Lose Our Freedom Is Nothing.”, in uk.legal (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2025
2. (informal, rare) A flowery phrase or statement.
   • “I am glad to find I have such an eloquent junior,” said he, shaking hands with me. “Just leave me the law and the arguments, and do you take the floweries.” / […] “I am afraid, Magee,” said I, “that neither your law nor my ‘floweries,’ as you call them, will be of much use here. The game is up.” /...1895, Jack Westropp [pseudonym], “In Which My Appearance Causes the Sovereign Demos to Arise in Its Might”, in Jack Westropp: An Autobiography […], volume II, London: Downey & Co. […], →OCLC, pages...
3. (informal, rare) A flowery decoration.
   • [H]e gave it in charge to the Goldſmiths that were moſt ingenious, and of beſt capacity, to finſh and accompliſh the Buſineſs, engraven and adorned with all poſſible Variety: commanding that thoſe who wrought in the Borders, Raiſings, Floweries, Wrappings, Entortilations, and ſuch like; ſhould...1685, Aristeus, translated by John Done, “Of the Presents Sent unto Eleazer, Chief Priest of the Jews, by King Ptolomeus Philadelphus. And First of the Table of Gold.”, in The Ancient History of the...

Noun (2)

flowery (plural floweries)

1. (rare) A place where flowers grow.
   • Poppies make very showy floweries and should be planted lightly in the spots where they are intended to be grown.1914 April, Grasmere [pseudonym], “April Days on Canada’s Farms”, in Farmer’s Magazine, Toronto, Ont.: Maclean Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 85, column 1

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