florissant

Borrowed from French florissant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfloː.riˈsɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: flo‧ris‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

florissant (not comparable)

1. (chiefly with negative polarity) fantastic, great, thriving, flourishing

   De studieresultaten van de eerstejaars waren niet zo florissant.

   The educational achievements of the first-year students were nothing to write home about.

• floreren

Ultimately derived from a participial form of French fleurir via French florir.

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁi.sɑ̃/

florissant (feminine florissante, masculine plural florissants, feminine plural florissantes)

1. flowering, blooming, flourishing

florissant

1. present participle of florir

• “florissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.