## Meanings
1. To grow or develop strongly and successfully.
2. To wave something around with a big, showy movement.
3. A bold, showy gesture or detail meant to draw attention.
4. A short, lively burst of music, often on trumpets.

## Examples
- The business flourished after it moved online.
- She flourished the winning ticket above her head.
- The magician finished the trick with a dramatic flourish.
- The king entered to a flourish of trumpets.

## Derived Forms
- flourishable
- flourisher
- flourishly
- flourishment
- flourishy
- outflourish
- overflourish
- reflourish
- unflourished

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰleh₃-
- Root: floryschen
- Root: florir
- Root: florio
- Root: floreo
- Root: flos

## Etymology
From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.

## AI Etymology
Flourish is from Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean to grow or develop strongly and successfully, or to wave something around with a big, showy movement. Derived formations include flourishable, flourisher, flourishly, flourishment, flourishy.

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