单词 | in one's flower(s |
释义 | > as lemmasin one's flower(s ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > at height of in one's flower(sc1380 on the pig's back (also ear)1894 on top of the worldc1920 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition > state of greatest flowerc1380 pridec1475 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 316 Þe Emperour of Rome was þanne in his flouris. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2184 A man hath moost honour To dyen in his excellence and flour. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 434 Alas! now fallen is my flower! 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. x. sig. C.viii In whiche tyme Esopus ye oratour was in his flowers. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xl. 158 Whyle a man is in his floures of health. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 207 Jeffery Monmouth was in his Flower Anno 1156. < as lemmas |
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