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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1262/
- Published: 2023-07-14T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-14T18:33:25.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

The word for today is…

word florescence (noun):

: a state or period of flourishing

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/florescence?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The flowering of botany as a science in the 18th century produced a garden of English words, mostly adapted from Latin. Florescence is a radiant example, picked from the Latin florescentia, meaning “blossoming.” Botanists used it as a showy word to refer to the blooming of a flower. Less literal types appreciated the word too, and applied florescence to anything that seemed to be thriving or flourishing, as in “the highest florescence of a civilization.” Florescentia bloomed originally from Latin flor- or flos, meaning “flower” and “bloom” (among other things), which English has also to thank for flourish, florid, flora, and flower itself. The list unfurls bounty; from Florida to Florence, flor-, flos descendants thrive in abundance.

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