Scrabble?! FLOURISH

Definitions of FLOURISH in various dictionaries:

noun - a showy gesture

noun - an ornamental embellishment in writing

noun - a display of ornamental speech or language

noun - the act of waving

noun - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

verb - grow vigorously

verb - make steady progress

verb - move or swing back and forth

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive: The crops flourished in the rich bottomland.

To do or fare well; prosper: “No village on the railroad failed to flourish” (John Kenneth Galbraith).

To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence: an anonymous poet who flourished in the tenth century; painted when Impressionism was flourishing.

To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.

A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing: “A few... musicians embellish their performance with a flourish of the fingers” (Frederick D.

An embellishment or ornamentation: signed her name with a distinctive flourish; a long speech with many rhetorical flourishes.

An ostentatious act or gesture: a flourish of generosity.

A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.

verb - to grow vigorously