If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day = thrive flounder + flourishing flour·ish·ing London quickly became a flourishing port
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" the act of waving a display of ornamental speech or language a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" an ornamental embellishment in writing
To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc
If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it. He flourished the glass to emphasize the point. Flourish is also a noun. He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes
{i} act of waving or flourishing (i.e. a sword); pretentious display; decorative addition (especially in handwriting); period of healthy growth and development
If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it. The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes. = thrive + flourishing flour·ish·ing Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe