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{
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"word": "Flowery Field"
}
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"2": "enm",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y.",
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{
"form": "flowerier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more flowery",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "floweriest",
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"superlative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
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}
],
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"Pertaining to flowers."
],
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"flower",
"flower"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers."
],
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"not-comparable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "Blumen-"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "blumig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cvéten",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "цве́тен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "floral"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "flóreo"
},
{
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "cvéten"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 10 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "floral"
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{
"ref": "1879, William Henderson, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders",
"text": "At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Decorated with or abundant in flowers."
],
"id": "en-flowery-en-adj-Kyz53~nN",
"links": [
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"Decorated",
"decorate"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "fleuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blumengeschmückt"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anthostólistos",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "ανθοστόλιστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anthērós",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "ἀνθηρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "puķains"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "цве́тен"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "florido"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "flórido"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "flóreo"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
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"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "florido"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blommig"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blomsterklädd"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 55 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "mabulaklak"
}
]
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"overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance"
],
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"(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance"
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"of a speech or piece of writing"
],
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"word": "bombastic"
},
{
"word": "verbose"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "16 12 73",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "květnatý"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 12 73",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "fleuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 12 73",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "frorido"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 12 73",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "blumig"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "anthērós",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "ἀνθηρός"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
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"word": "puķains"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 12 73",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "bombástico"
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈflaʊəɹi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊəɹi"
},
{
"homophone": "floury (in some accents)"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "flow'ry"
}
],
"word": "flowery"
}
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/aʊəɹi",
"Rhymes:English/aʊəɹi/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Flowery Field"
}
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]
},
{
"form": "more flowery",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"superlative"
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},
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"superlative"
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"pos": "adj",
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"Pertaining to flowers."
],
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"(not comparable) Pertaining to flowers."
],
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"not-comparable"
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},
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{
"ref": "1879, William Henderson, Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders",
"text": "At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Decorated with or abundant in flowers."
],
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"decorate"
]
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"overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance"
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"ipa": "/ˈflaʊəɹi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊəɹi"
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{
"homophone": "floury (in some accents)"
}
],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "Blumen-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "blumig"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cvéten",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "цве́тен"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "floral"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "flóreo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "cvéten"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pertaining to flowers",
"word": "floral"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "fleuri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blumengeschmückt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anthostólistos",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "ανθοστόλιστος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anthērós",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "ἀνθηρός"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "puķains"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cvéten",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "цве́тен"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "florido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "flórido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "flóreo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "florido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blommig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "blomsterklädd"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "decorated with flowers",
"word": "mabulaklak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "květnatý"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "fleuri"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "frorido"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "blumig"
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{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "ἀνθηρός"
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"code": "lv",
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"word": "puķains"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "of a speech or piece of writing",
"word": "bombástico"
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"word": "flowery"
}
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