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floweriness

/flˈaʊɚɹinəs/ noun

The quality of being flowery.

Word Origin Floweriness comes from flower, from Latin florem 'flower, blossom,' PIE *bhel- 'to blow, swell, bloom.' The same root gives us bloom, blossom, and blow (as in 'blow a flower open'). The suffix -y makes flowery 'full of flowers,' and -ness makes it a noun: the quality of being flowery, either literally or figuratively (ornate language). Flora and flourish are also from florem. So floweriness is the state of being abloom.

noun The quality of being flowery. countable

The floweriness of her writing style made the novel difficult to read.

(名词) 华丽辞藻；辞藻华丽；花哨；矫揉造作

她华丽的写作风格使小说难以阅读。

(sustantivo) ampulosidad; floritura; lo florido [La cualidad de ser florido.]

Lo florido de su estilo de escritura hacía que la novela fuera difícil de leer.

(nom) préciosité; côté fleuri; emphase [Caractère d'un style surchargé d'ornements, de métaphores ou de termes recherchés.]

La floweriness de son style d'écriture rendait le roman difficile à lire.

(Substantiv) Blumigkeit; Schwülstigkeit [Die Eigenschaft, übermäßig blumig, ausgeschmückt oder verschnörkelt zu sein, besonders in Sprache oder Stil.]

Die **floweriness** ihres Schreibstils machte den Roman schwer lesbar.

(名詞) 花が多い、または花のように飾り立てた性質。文体や言い回しが華美であること。

彼女の文体の花のように飾り立てた華麗さが、その小説を読みにくくしていた。

(substantivo) rebuscamento; floreio; pomposidade [A qualidade de ser florido ou rebuscado.]

O estilo florido e rebuscado da escrita dela tornava o romance difícil de ler.

Synonyms: ornamentation floridity floridness elaborateness grandiloquence rhetoricalness ornateness verbosity Antonyms: plainness simplicity austerity directness
Word parts: flower + y + ness

Related words

flowery flowerless flowerlike floweret

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