All 10 Uses
flourish
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
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- Exeunt. flourish.
Scene 1.2 *flourish = a showy gesture
- otherwise a seducer flourishes, and a poor maid is undone.
Scene 5.3 *flourishes = thrives (does well)
- [Flourish of cornets†
Scene 1.2
- [Flourish†
Scene 2.1
- [Flourish†
Scene 2.1
- [Flourish†
Scene 3.1
- [Flourish†
Scene 3.1
- [Flourish†
Scene 3.3
- [Flourish†
Scene 5.3
- [Flourish.†
Scene 5.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)
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(2)
(flourish as in: dismissed them with a flourish) a showy gesture
or:
the act of waving -- a hand or an item -
(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In Shakespeare's plays, flourish is often used as a stage direction indicating a specific type of showy gesture: fanfare played by trumpets or other horns to announce the entry or exit of royalty.
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