Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floweret

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flow-eret
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A floret, or small or component flower

Example Sentences

"No more ſhall trenching Warre channell her fields, / Nor bruiſe her Flowrets with the Armed hoofes / Of hoſtile paces."
"And, hark! she whispers in the zephyr's voice, Lift up thy head, fair floweret, and rejoice!"
"Handsome piece, with floweret at the apex, scrolls on the side, and a scalloped band around the middle."
"The domestic sheep, on the contrary, is only a fraction of an animal, a whole flock being required to form an individual, just as numerous flowerets are required to make one complete sunflower."

Etymology

From Middle English flourette, from Old French florete. By surface analysis, flower + -et; compare flowerlet. Doublet of fleuret and floret.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: flourette, florete

Inflected Forms

flowerets (plural) flowerette (alternative) flow'ret (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

floret

Questions

What does floweret mean?: A floret, or small or component flower
Where does floweret come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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