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flourish noun. LME.
[from the verb.]
The blossom on a fruit tree. Scot. & north. LME.
b. The condition of being in blossom. L16-E19.
c. fig. Prosperity, vigour; perfection, prime. L16.
Sir W. Scott The flourish of his powerful relative's fortunes had burst forth in the finery of his dress. Times Shares retreat after early flourish.
A prolusion; a piece of ornamental preamble, preliminary to serious discussion or business. M16-E17.
Ostentatious embellishment; gloss. Now rare. L16.
Music.
a. A fanfare of horns, trumpets, etc. L16.
A. Seton There was a great flurry and a flourish of trumpets. fig. (collect.): J. Archer An oil rig which, with much flourish and advance publicity, he had towed out to the Prospecta Oil site.
b. A florid passage or style of composition; a short extemporized prelude or ornamental addition. M17.
Allan Ramsay The fine flourishes of new musick imported from Italy.
An ostentatious gesture made with a weapon or Other instrument; spec. a graceful sweeping movement made with a weapon at the start of a fencing-match. E17.
Steele Before he applied his weapon to my chin, he gave me a flourish with it.
b. gen. A showy or extravagant gesture. M18.
W. van T. Clark She..got back into the coach with a flourish of her skirts. C. Hampton With a flourish, he produces a cauliflower from the paper bag.
A literary or rhetorical embellishment; a florid expression. E17.
An ornament of flowing curves about a letter or word in handwriting. M17.
A. Desai She wrote in long, spidery flourishes.
b. A florid decoration; scrollwork, tracery. L17.
A. Alvarez An ornamental iron gateway, painted black, its flourishes picked out in gold.
flourishy adjective L19.

ST. ANTHONY Credit Union (finance)


ST. ANTHONY is a credit union with head office in CLARKSVILLE, IN