flowery

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflaʊəɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflaʊəɹi/, /ˈflaʊɹi/ Rhymes: -aʊəɹi, -aʊɹi Homophone: floury (US and one UK pronunciation) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower +‎ -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury. ==== Alternative forms ==== flow'ry (obsolete) ==== Adjective ==== flowery (comparative flowerier or more flowery, superlative floweriest or most flowery) Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers. Decorated with or abundant in flowers. Synonym: (poetic) flowerful Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance. Synonyms: bombastic, verbose Melodramatic, overexaggerated. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== flowery (plural floweries) (informal, rare) Someone or something considered flowery. A flowery person. A flowery phrase or statement. A flowery decoration. === Etymology 2 === From flower +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== flowery (plural floweries) (informal, rare) Diminutive of flower. === Etymology 3 === From flower +‎ -ery. ==== Noun ==== flowery (plural floweries) (rare) A place where flowers grow. === References === === Anagrams === fowlery, rye wolf