† flosculationn.
Obsolete. rare.
A flower (of speech); an embellishment or ornament.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment > an) ornament(s)
coloursc1405
rhetoricc1425
gaudc1430
flower1508
flourish1603
embellishment1632
flosculation1651
floscule1669
gayness1670
floresa1734
taga1734
1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 19 That..with rhetoricall flusculations [sic] I should endevour to adorne his memoriall.
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