[ad. L. flōrescent-em, pr. pple. of florescĕre to begin to blossom, inceptive of flōrēre: see FLOURISH.] Bursting into flower, flowering. lit. and fig.
1821. Blackw. Mag., IX. May, 201/2. Productions which will alike resist the sophistries of genius and the ravages of time, and remain admired and florescent, when the essays of thy most witty emissary are superseded and forgotten.
