"floruit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflɔɹ(j)uɪt/ [General-American], /ˈflɔːɹʊɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈflɒɹʊɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: floruits [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|flōruit|t=he/she/it flourished}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} floruit (plural floruits)
  1. The time period during which a person, group, culture, etc. is at its peak. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: flowering Translations (peak period of a person/culture/group): kukoistus (Finnish), kukoistuskausi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-floruit-en-noun-y1K8CG7u Disambiguation of Time: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fl., flor. [abbreviation]

Verb

IPA: /ˈflɔɹ(j)uɪt/ [General-American], /ˈflɔːɹʊɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈflɒɹʊɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”), from flōreō (“bloom, flourish”), from flōs (“flower”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|flōruit|t=he/she/it flourished}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin flōruit (“he/she/it flourished”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|cat2=irregular simple past forms}} floruit
  1. (defective, rare except abbreviated) lived, used in biographies to indicate a date or period during which a person is known to have been alive, when dates of birth and/or death are not known. Tags: defective
    Sense id: en-floruit-en-verb-kQ11Lm3v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 71 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 76 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fl., flor. [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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