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flowery (adj.)

mid-14c., from flower (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense "richly embellished," in reference to language, is from c. 1600. Related: Floweriness.

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Definitions of flowery from WordNet

flowery (adj.)
of or relating to or suggestive of flowers;
a flowery hat
flowery wine
flowery (adj.)
marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton;
a flowery speech
Synonyms: ornate
From wordnet.princeton.edu