floruit

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flo·ru·it

F0197600 (flôr′yo͞o-ĭt, -o͞o-, flŏr′-) Abbr. fl. Used to indicate the period during which a person lived or a school or movement was most active or flourishing.
[Latin flōruit, third person sing. perfect tense of flōrēre, to flourish; see flourish.]

floruit

(ˈflɒruːɪt) vb(he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most active. Abbreviation: fl. or flor.

flo•ru•it

(ˈfloʊ ru ɪt; Eng. ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr-) Latin. he or she flourished. Abbr.: fl., flor.

floruit

A Latin word meaning he (or she) flourished, used to state when a person in history was most active, especially when the person’s dates of birth and death are not recorded.