OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 32903

flowery

/ˈflaʊəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
florido
Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
At last she reached a flowery knoll, at whose feet ran a little burn, shaded with woodbine and wild roses; and there she sat down, burying her face in her hands.
bombástico
Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
My accusers, then, as I maintain, have said little or nothing that is true, but from me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language like t…