The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is…

word florescence (noun):

: a state or period of flourishing

Source : Merriam -Webster

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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