flourish
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈflʊrɪʃ/
:
remate
- Under the date was a signature written with a flourish: John C. Bennett.
- a final flourish
Examples
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At the bottom, someone had signed a large letter Y with a flourish.
Fiction book (1993) -
My niece will bring great medicine for your sacred deer," Ipa's uncle said with a flourish of his feathered cane.
Fiction book (1995) -
The single initial, written with a feminine flourish, struck her as intimate.
Fiction book (1999) -
The words were written out in a big hand, with all the flourish and deliberation he reserved for his final copies.
Fiction book (1995) -
Love, Randall, and underlined it with a flourish as elegant as a bow.
Fiction book (2002) -
He signed the document with a flourish and folded it back into its envelope.
Fiction book (1999) -
It isn't right, to sit out the whole war in an office in London, sending thousands of soldiers into gunfire - with the flourish of a pen.
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Curt Teich manufacturers added their own flourish to the scene, embellishing this image with the addition of a tri-tone pattern of bright green foliage, brown lodge and tree trunks, and a cerulean sky.
Academic text (2012) -
At the bottom, someone had signed a large letter Y with a flourish.
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Under the date was a signature written with a flourish: John C. Bennett.
Synonyms
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7.9
A small decorative curl or twist in handwriting
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4.1
A small stylish detail that makes something look more attractive
A small flourish written after a signature to make it hard to copy
Idioms
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word flourish comes from the Latin root florere, which means 'to bloom', and is the same root as flower. A handwriting flourish is like a little 'bloom' or decoration added to a letter, which is why we use this word for fancy strokes.