flowery

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   using elaborate, ornamental language, often more decorative than clear

   The witness gave a flowery speech instead of answering the question directly.

2. 2
   adj

   covered, decorated, or abundant with flowers

   A flowery path wound through the cottage garden.

From Middle English floury, equivalent to flower + -y. The figurative sense compares elaborately ornamented language to a surface crowded with decorative flowers.

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