overbloomn.
/ˈəʊvəbluːm/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌblum/ Now rare.
Excessive blooming or blossoming; excessive flourishing; an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > more ostentatious display
flourish1598
ornament1600
braverya1627
pageantrya1646
flash1674
overbloom1880
top-dressing1884
1880 J. A. Symonds Sketches & Stud. in S. Europe 296 Cheeks and chin are..fuller than a severe taste approves: one might trace in their rounded contours..the sign of rapidly approaching over-bloom.
1881 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 360 What little chivalry had taken root in Italy was fast decaying in a gorgeous overbloom of luxury.
1889 Cent. Mag. Sept. 658/2 The mastery of composition of many figures which came to its fullest in Raphael, and in some cases in his cartoons even to the overbloom of artifice.
a1935 W. Watson Lyrics & Longer Poems in Poems (1936) 145 Dryden,..born [in]..that rank time of overbloom When poets vied in gathering each Full-bosomed apple and buxom peach That odorous in the orchard burned.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
overbloomv.
/ˌəʊvəˈbluːm/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈblum/ Chiefly Horticulture.
transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. Of a plant or tree: to bloom or flower excessively, esp. so as to undermine its strength. Also occasionally in extended use.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom > excessively or more than others
overbloom1849
overflower1850
1849 Florist's Jrnl. 198 Calceolarias.—Do not let them overbloom themselves to the destruction of the plants.
1912 J. W. White Flora of Bristol 301 Trees of this variety,..in common with most other Hawthorns, overbloomed themselves.
1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Apr. g3 (caption) Love overblooms for Michelle..and Doug.
2002 News Jrnl. (Wilmington, Delaware) (Nexis) 23 July 3 b Some exhibitors were unable to enter because their flowers overbloomed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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