flourishing
flourishing Lexical Profile
flourishing Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Developing rapidly and successfully; thriving, prosperous, or growing vigorously.
"The coastal town quickly became a flourishing center of international trade and arts."
• noun
The state or process of thriving, developing well, and achieving optimal well-being or prosperity.
"Ancient Greek ethics largely centered on the question of what constitutes human flourishing."
The decorative art or technique of adding ornamental, flowing strokes and scrolls to calligraphy or lettering.
"She spent months practicing copperplate script and traditional calligraphy flourishing."
• Rhymes for flourishing
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb flourish, which entered Middle English via Old French floriss-, the lengthened stem of florir ('to blossom or flower'), ultimately from Latin florere and flos ('flower').