flourish
/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/ noun C1- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag. · With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
- An ornamentation. · His signature ended with a flourish.
- A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- A decorative embellishment on a building.
Plural flourishes
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I envy you your beauty and your perfume.” The Rose replied, “I indeed, dear Amaranth, flourish but for a brief season!
The Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive.
“A big P with a flourish above it, E and N smaller?” asked Holmes.
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