Definition of FLORUIT

floruit

Plural: floruits

Verb

  • lived, used in biographies to indicate a time period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known.

Noun

  • A period during which a person or thing flourished; heyday.
  • The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak.

Examples

  • His floruit in Scrabble was marked by an unbroken streak of seven wins.

Origin / Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”).

Synonyms

flowering

Scrabble Score: 10

floruit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
floruit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
floruit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

floruit: valid Words With Friends Word