Entertainment / Literature / Flourishing: In medieval codices, this refers to 'Ornamentation in pen-work, often red on a blue initial (but sometimes in lavender and occasionally in green), by means of sweeping lines and loops descending from patterns, often 'saw-tooth' at this period [1300 CE through 1499 CE], adjoining the letter' (Scott 370).
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Flourishing Noun Synonyms: luxuriant, lush, thriving, prospering, blooming, blossoming, fruitful, flowering, burgeoning or bourgeoning, successful, prosperous, booming, growing, increasing
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Lifestyle / Tea / Hyson: A type of Chinese green tea meaning 'flourishing spring'. Young Hyson is this type of tea which is plucked early. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Flourisher: In medieval times, this was a professional artist who works in conjunction with illuminators and rubricators to design pen-work decoration on initials and /or flourishwork on the borders of decorated MORE