English Explanatory Dictionary

floruit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. lived, used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.
noun
  1. The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak.

Pronunciation

/ˈflɔɹ(j)uɪt/ /ˈflɔːɹʊɪt/ /ˈflɒɹʊɪt/ En-us-floruit.ogg

Word forms

floruit fl. flor. floruits

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”).

Synonyms

flowering
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