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flourished, ppl. a.|ˈflʌrɪʃt|
[f. flourish v. + -ed1.]
†1. Adorned with flowers or verdure; fig. adorned with charms or virtues. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 2438 Þei..founden þan a fayr forest floriched ful þik. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxiii. 148 All þe tymes of þe ȝere er þaire gardynes flurisched and þaire mydews grene. c1470Harding Chron. xiv. vii, Bothe two dyed in their floreshed youthede. 1508Dunbar Tua mariit wemen 27 Faceis..All full of flurist fairheid, as flouris in June. a1605Montgomerie Misc. Poems xix. 3 Gathring flours..Amidst the florisht meid.
†b. Of the brow: Adorned with clustering hair.
c1400Rowland & O. 82 With a florschede thonwange, Oure noble kynge þat es so strange, His doghety men I-melle.
c. Her. = fleury.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. E j a, They be calde florishit: for they be made bi y⊇ maner of a flowre deluce. 1830in Robson Brit. Her. III. Gloss., Flourished, the same as fleury.
†2. Of words: Of a flowery character; rhetorically arranged. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3066 Flourshede wurdys..Are ful of pryde and trechery. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 445 Þey [false freris] deprauen hem to þer parischens bi florizshid wordis þat þey bringen yn.
3. Decorated with flourishes or ornamental lines and tracery, or with figures in colours, embroidery, etc.; figured.
c1400Rowland & O. 281 Men..That wele kon feghte with floresched swerde [orig. espee forbie]. 1446–7Eton Coll. Acc. in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 394 Pro xxiiij pedibus vitri operati picti vocati florisshed glasse. 1563Homilies ii. Agst. Excess Apparel (1859) 315 To see his wife in such painted and flourished visages. 1678Lond. Gaz. No. 1265/4 One Silver Plate..marked with the Cipher E.G. flourished. 1758Johnson Idler No. 13 ⁋8 We have..three flourished quilts for every bed. 1792C. Smith Desmond II. 268 His wife put on..a fine flourished shawl. 1885D. W. Kettle Pens, Ink, & Paper 65 The Flourished Printed headings to Deeds. |