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单词 floruit
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floruit

[ floh-roo-it; English flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor- ]
/ ˈfloʊ ru ɪt; English ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr- /

noun Latin.

he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.

Words nearby floruit

florist, floristic, floristics, florists' foam, -florous, floruit, florula, flory, flos ferri, floss, floss hole
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Example sentences from the Web for floruit

  • When the floruit of a god has expired, he is assigned a tomb in one of the great tumuli.

    Early Bardic Literature, Ireland|Standish O'Grady
  • The dates which they indicate for the 'floruit' of these persons are in no case earlier than the middle of the tenth century.

    The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
  • Apelles, the greatest of Greek painters, floruit circa 332 b.c.

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura|Lucius Apuleius
  • Afranius, the most famous writer of purely Roman comedy (fabulae togatae), floruit circa 110 b.c.

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura|Lucius Apuleius

British Dictionary definitions for floruit

floruit
/ Latin (ˈflɒruːɪt) /

verb

(he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most activeAbbreviation: fl ., flor .
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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