| 释义 |
flourisher|ˈflʌrɪʃə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who or that which flourishes.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 7 Faire florischers and hiȝteres of wordes and of metre. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 102 Florischars of þis warld, to qwhome temperall prosperite þou gyfs. 1491in York Myst. Introd. 39 Luminers, turners, and florisschers. 1598Florio, Gladiatore, a fencer or flourisher with his weapon. c1611Chapman Iliad xxiii. 689 Not our greatest flourisher can equall him in powre Of foote-strife, but æacides. 1617Wardens' Acc. in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 429 John Bradshawe..and 18 fellow florishers with long swordes. 1624Gataker Transubst. 233 So far is it from that which this flourisher affirmeth, that [etc.]. a1734North Life F. North (1742) 332 He was not an Orator, as commonly understood, that is a Flourisher. 1833Marryat P. Simple xvii, Our..frigates have names as long as the main-top bowling..fine flourishers. |