Overflourish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overflourish is a verb meaning (obsolete) To make excessive display or flourish of.
Meaning
(obsolete) To make excessive display or flourish of.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
Example Sentences
the beauteous evil / Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil
Men, like falle Glasses, generally represent their Complexion better than Nature has made it. And as they are likely to overflourish their own Case, ſo their Flattery is hardest to be discover'd .
Word Forms
- overflourishes
- overflourishing
- overflourished
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overembellish, overflatter, overdecorate, overadorn, beflatter, overfawn.
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