Definition of FLOWERY

flowery

Plural: floweries

Adjective

  • Abounding in or decorated with flowers; ornate in style.
  • of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
    • "a flowery hat"
    • "flowery wine"

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -John Milton
    • "a flowery speech"

Adj

  • Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
  • Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
  • Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.

Noun

  • Someone or something considered flowery.
  • A flowery person.
  • Someone or something considered flowery.
  • A flowery phrase or statement.
  • Someone or something considered flowery.
  • A flowery decoration.
  • Diminutive of flower.
  • A place where flowers grow.

Examples

  • His flowery prose in Scrabble often led to long, complex words, sometimes to his detriment.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y (adjectival suffix). Piecewise doublet of floury.

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

flowery: valid Words With Friends Word