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overflourished

overflourished is the simple past and past participle of overflourish.

Meaning of overflourish

Verb

overflourish (third-person singular simple present overflourishes, present participle overflourishing, simple past and past participle overflourished)

  1. (obsolete) To make excessive display or flourish of.
    • Men, like falle Glasses, generally represent their Complexion better than Nature has made it. And as they are likely to overflourish their own Case, ſo their Flattery is hardest to be discover'd .1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects
  2. (obsolete) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
    • the beauteous evil / Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devilc. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about overflourished

What is overflourished the simple past and past participle of?
Overflourished is the simple past and past participle of overflourish.

Words near overflourished in the dictionary

  1. overfloridness
  2. overflour
  3. overfloured
  4. overflouring
  5. overflourish
  6. overflourished
  7. overflourishes
  8. overflourishing
  9. overflours
  10. overflow
  11. overflow bug

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