flourishing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
• (New York City, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: flour‧ish‧ing

flourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)

1. Growing, thriving, prospering.

   a flourishing economy

• fortunate, prosperous, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

flourishing

1. present participle and gerund of flourish

flourishing (plural flourishings)

1. An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
2. A bold, sweeping movement.
   • 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:

     Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.

3. A period of greatest influence.
4. A boasting or bragging.
5. The brandishing of a weapon.

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