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Definition of "efflorescent" [ef•flo•res•cent]

  • Bursting into flower (adjective)
  • Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing. (adjective)

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Use "efflorescent" in a sentence
  • "So far as a restless mortal -- more or less aweary of most things -- like myself can be made happy by any other human being, I believe your good wishes are safe of realisation; at any rate, it will be my fault if they are not, and I beg you never to imagine that I could confound the piety of friendship with the "efflorescent" variety."
  • "So far as a restless mortal ” more or less aweary of most things ” like myself can be made happy by any other human being, I believe your good wishes are safe of realisation; at any rate, it will be my fault if they are not, and I beg you never to imagine that I could confound the piety of friendship with the "efflorescent" variety."
  • "Emerging incrementally from individual clusters of endless ruffles, five women eventually twirl to full height as so many efflorescent flamenco dancers."