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floramour
† ˈfloramour Obs. Forms: 6–7 flo(u)ramor(e, flor(e)amour, flower amo(u)r, ? florimer. [a. OF. *flor amour (in Cotgr. fleur d'amour) lit. ‘flower of love’. Cf. Ger. floramor (16th c.). The suggestion that amour is a perversion of amaranthus seems not impossible, but is not supported by evidence.] A n...
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flower-gentle
† 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 T...
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passe-velours
‖ passe-velours Obs. [F. passe-velours (pɑsvəlur), lit. ‘surpass velvet’, 16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.: see passe-.] A former name for the cock's-comb (Celosia cristata), called also by Cotgrave Flower valure, Velvet flower; cf. floramour.1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. xl. §3. 254 Amaranthus Tricolor. Floramor a...
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