flourish
noun/ˈflʌrɪʃ/
/ˈflɜːrɪʃ/
- [usually singular] an exaggerated movement that you make when you want somebody to notice you
- He opened the door for her with a flourish.
- With a final flourish she laid down her pen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- dramatic
- rhetorical
- …
- add
- end in
- end with
- …
- with a flourish
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- [usually singular] an impressive act or way of doing something
- The season ended with a flourish for Kane, when he scored in the final minute of the match.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- dramatic
- rhetorical
- …
- add
- end in
- end with
- …
- with a flourish
- a detail or decoration that is used in speech or writing
- a speech full of rhetorical flourishes
- His writing is plain and direct, with no stylistic flourishes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- dramatic
- rhetorical
- …
- add
- end in
- end with
- …
- with a flourish
- a curved line that is used as decoration, especially in writing
- Her signature was a complicated affair of practised flourishes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- dramatic
- rhetorical
- …
- add
- end in
- end with
- …
- with a flourish
- [usually singular] a loud short piece of music that is usually played to announce an important person or event
- a flourish of trumpets
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- ‘a flower’. The noun senses ‘ornamental curve’ and ‘florid expression’ come from an obsolete sense of the verb, ‘adorn’ (originally with flowers).
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