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overflourish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-flour-ish
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make excessive display or flourish of.

Obsolete

verb

To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From over- + flourish.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overflourishes (present, singular) overflourishing (participle, present) overflourished (participle, past) overflourished (past)

Questions

What does overflourish mean?
To make excessive display or flourish of.
Where does overflourish come from?
From over- + flourish.

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