with+a+flourish+of+trumpets

  • 1flourish — flour|ish1 [ˈflʌrıʃ US ˈflə:rıʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: florir to produce flowers , from Latin flos flower ] 1.) to develop well and be successful = ↑thrive ▪ The economy is booming and small businesses are flourishing. 2.) [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2flourish — 1 verb 1 (I) to grow well and be very healthy; thrive: The plants flourished in the warm sun. 2 (I) to develop well and be successful: Russia s flourishing black market economy 3 (T) to wave something in your hand in order to make people notice… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3Flourish — Flour ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flourished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flourishing}.] [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF. flurir, F. fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and { ish}.] 1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Flourish — Flour ish, n.; pl. {Flourishes}. 1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. Decoration; ornament; beauty. [1913 Webster] The… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Flourish, Mighty Land (Prokofiev) — Flourish, Mighty Land , Op. 114, (variably called Flourish, Mighty Homeland or Prosper, Mighty Country ) is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1947, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution, along with his Thirty Years …

    Wikipedia

  • 6flourish — [flʉr′ish] vi. [ME florishen < extended stem of OFr florir, to blossom < LL * florire < L florere < flos, FLOWER] 1. Obs. to blossom 2. to grow vigorously; succeed; thrive; prosper 3. to be at the peak of development, activity,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 7History of primitive and non-Western trumpets — The chromatic trumpet of Western tradition is a fairly recent invention, but primitive trumpets of one form or another have been in existence for millennia; some of the predecessors of the modern instrument are now known to date back to the… …

    Wikipedia

  • 8ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9ostentatiously — ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10egotistically — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vainly, conceitedly, self importantly, boastfully, arrogantly, haughtily, with a flourish of trumpets, ostentatiously, pretentiously, airily, loftily, selfishly; see also arrogantly …

    English dictionary for students