Definitions for floruit

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floruit flo·ru·it

Spelling: [floh-roo-it; English flawr-yoo-it, Floruit is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in floruit (filortu).

Definitions for floruit

noun

1. he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.

Examples for floruit

Afranius, the most famous writer of purely Roman comedy (fabulae togatae), floruit circa 110 b.c.

Apelles, the greatest of Greek painters, floruit circa 332 b.c.

When the floruit of a god has expired, he is assigned a tomb in one of the great tumuli.

The dates which they indicate for the 'floruit' of these persons are in no case earlier than the middle of the tenth century.