† ˈflower-ˈgentle Obs.
[f. flower n. + gentle a.; app. in imitation of the Fr. name fleur noble. No Fr. *fleur gentille is known.]
= floramour.
| 1561 Grant of Arms to Dr. Caius in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 179 Crest: a dove..with a flower gentle in his mouth. 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. xviii. 168 These pleasant..floures are called..in English floure Gentill, Floramor, & Purple veluet floure. 1630 W. T. Justif. Relig. Professed v. 36 Of Flower-gentle whose beauty and colour doth not fade nor wither away. 1783 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) 1, Flower gentle, or flower amour, *Amaranthus purpureus. |