† flower-gentlen.

Etymology: < flower n. + gentle adj.; apparently in imitation of the French name fleur noble. No French *fleur gentille is known.

Obsolete.

= floramour n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants

floramour1548

purple velvet flower1548

velvet-flower1548

Balder-herb1552

flower-gentle1561

passevelours1597

love lies bleeding1664

prince's feather1668

symphonia1728

tricolour1786

celosia1807

Joseph's coat1866

thrumwort1866

1561 Grant of Arms to Dr. Caius in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 179 Crest: a dove..with a flower gentle in his mouth.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 168 These pleasant..floures are called..in English floure Gentill, Floramor, & Purple veluet floure.

1630 W. Travers Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Angl. v. 36 Of Flower-gentle whose beauty and colour doth not fade nor wither away.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i Flower gentle, or flower amour, Amaranthus purpureus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	flower-gentle
释义	† flower-gentlen. Etymology: < flower n. + gentle adj.; apparently in imitation of the French name fleur noble. No French fleur gentille is known. Obsolete. = floramour n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants floramour1548 purple velvet flower1548 velvet-flower1548 Balder-herb1552 flower-gentle1561 passevelours1597 love lies bleeding1664 prince's feather1668 symphonia1728 tricolour1786 celosia1807 Joseph's coat1866 thrumwort1866 1561 Grant of Arms to Dr. Caius* in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 179 Crest: a dove..with a flower gentle in his mouth. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 168 These pleasant..floures are called..in English floure Gentill, Floramor, & Purple veluet floure. 1630 W. Travers Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Angl. v. 36 Of Flower-gentle whose beauty and colour doth not fade nor wither away. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i Flower gentle, or flower amour, Amaranthus purpureus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1561
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