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Definition of Floweriness
1. n. The state of being flowery.
Definition of Floweriness
1. Noun. The quality of being flowery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floweriness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floweriness
Literary usage of Floweriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... and hatred of floweriness—Mediocrity may succeed by charlatanism— Advantage
taken of prejudices and ruling passions—Consistent standards of merit ..."
2. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres by Hugh Blair (1817)
"floweriness of fancy and style, which is so well suited to those pleasures of
the imagination, of which the author is treating. There is a falling off here ..."
3. Where the Great German Wines Grow: A Guide to the Leading Vineyards by Hans Ambrosi (1976)
"Commonly associated expressions are edle Blume (noble floweriness), ... and zarte
Blume (delicate floweriness). Bukett is a more complete scent element. ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society by American Mathematical Society (1919)
"This floweriness and sketchiness of style have in a few instances led to what
seems to the reviewer to be an overstatement ..."
5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1882)
"... of redundant floweriness, and cloyed with the luscious music. But a poet is
responsible for his own work—not for that of others, who adopt his manner ..."
6. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"... older books into one peculiar to himself, of extraordinary floweriness and
rodomontade, such as Cervantes has most frequently ridiculed in Don Quixote. ..."
7. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"... of themselves thus far; yet, an acutely civilized pair, the abruptness of the
transition from floweriness to commonplace affected them both, ..."
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