flouren

Middle English

Alternative forms

floure, fluren, florie, flowren

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman florir, flurir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfluːrən/

Noun

flouren

To flower or bloom (develop flowers)
To benefit (experience prosperity or flourishing)
To become famous; to develop a legendary reputation.
To install flowers or images of them (including in a heraldic context)
(of writing, rare) To flow; to develop ornament.
(wine, rare) To become a gold colour.
(cooking, rare) To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of flouren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) flouren, floure
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	floure	floured
2nd-person singular	flourest	flouredest
3rd-person singular	floureth	floured
subjunctive singular	floure	floured
imperative singular	floure	—

plural¹	flouren, floure	floureden, flourede
imperative plural	floureth, floure	—

participles	flourynge, flourende	floured, yfloured

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: flower, flour
Scots: flour

References

“flǒuren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-25.
“flǒuren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-25.

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