Word of the Day:
florescence
What It Means
Florescence in Context
“"Oh, you are a dear!" exclaimed Nora, who has been placed at a considerable disadvantage by being introduced just at this stage of her florescence.”
Did You Know?
From Latin florēscō, from flōreō (“to bloom, flower”) + -ēscō, from flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”), as if through the form flōrēscentia.
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