florist
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈflɔːrɪst/
:
floristería
- The florist arranged a beautiful display of colorful flowers for the wedding.
- florist shop
- local florist
- florist's roses
How about your local florist, the gym owner, the juice bar, the weed place, all of it.
- How about your local florist, the gym owner, the juice bar, the weed place, all of it.
- We're going to the florist's warehouse and they're going to show us like the centerpieces and all of the final floral stuff.
Examples
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She visited the florist to buy a bouquet for her friend's birthday.
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Finally, the florist handed me a box of long-stemmed scarlet roses.
Fiction book (1993) -
How about your old idea of a florist shop ?
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I need you to call the florist.
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After a bit of explanation, I can now buy them from the local florist at half price without the gas!
Academic text (1999) -
A boy brought an arrangement from the florist down the street.
Fiction book (1999) -
During her lunch break, she went into the florist's shop.
Fiction book (1995) -
Murphy's florist shop was always open, from seven in the morning until eight o'clock at night.
Fiction book (1992) -
On Dryden Road, at a florist's, he'd bought a dozen fresh-cut flowers.
Fiction book (1997) -
After searching for a gift, he finally decided to stop at the local florist.
Synonyms
1
1.1
A place that sells flowers and potted plants
1
1.0
A shop that sells flowers and small plants
Compounds
How Big
16
1.5
38
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
florist = flower (semi-transparent) = flor + ist
The agentive formation 'flower' + '-ist' is clear, but the extension to mean the physical shop is a metonymic shift that may not be immediately obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Florist comes from the root flor- meaning 'flower' and the ending -ist meaning a person who does something. So a florist as a shop is a place that sells and arranges flowers.