▪ I. † ˈflory, n.1 Obs. rare.
Also flore.
[? f. OF. flor, fleur flower; cf. OF. floré ppl. adj.]
| 1530 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 109 A fflorie of golde & a signet of golde. Ibid., A flore of gold enameld with blew & j stone in it. |
▪ II. flory, a. and n.2 Sc.
(ˈflɔərɪ)
A. adj. Showy, vain.
| 1782 Sir J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 102 Flory..showey, vain. 1821 Scott Redgauntlet Let. xii, The words ‘flory conceited chap’. |
B. n. A conceited, frothy fellow.
| 1757 H. I. Player's Scourge 5 A pedantic foolish flory. |
▪ III. flory, a.
Her.: see fleury.