floruit
[ floh-roo-it; English flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor- ]
/ ˈfloʊ ru ɪt; English ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr- /
noun Latin.
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
Words nearby floruit
florissant,
florist,
floristic,
floristics,
florists' foam,
floruit,
florula,
flory,
floréal,
flos ferri,
floss
Example sentences from the Web for floruit
When the floruit of a god has expired, he is assigned a tomb in one of the great tumuli.
Early Bardic Literature, Ireland |Standish O'GradyThe dates which they indicate for the 'floruit' of these persons are in no case earlier than the middle of the tenth century.
The Heroic Age |H. Munro ChadwickApelles, the greatest of Greek painters, floruit circa 332 b.c.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura |Lucius ApuleiusAfranius, the most famous writer of purely Roman comedy (fabulae togatae), floruit circa 110 b.c.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura |Lucius Apuleius
British Dictionary definitions for floruit
floruit
/ Latin (ˈflɒruːɪt) /
verb
(he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most active
Abbreviation: fl ., flor .