Definitions for burgeon

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burgeon bur·geon

Spelling: [bur-juh n]

IPA: /ˈbɜr dʒən/

Burgeon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in burgeon (begnoru).

Definitions for burgeon

noun

1. a bud; sprout.

verb (used with object)

1. to put forth, as buds.

verb (used without object)

1. to grow or develop quickly; flourish:
2. to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth).

Origin of burgeon

1275-1325; (noun) Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud Anglo-French burjun, burg(e)on; Old French burjon Vulgar Latin *burriōne(m), accusative of *burriō, derivative of Late Latin burra w

Examples for burgeon

I looked down, cursing myself that I had dared to suspect she could burgeon only in the affluence of satins.

Her heart expanded, her soul seemed to burgeon and to bloom.

Unless a writer feels free, things will not come to him, he cannot burgeon on any subject whatsoever.

Then the tree began to bud and burgeon with gifts, and the rare glories of colour crept in upon the snows of winter.

As I drained the glass now, new life seemed to burgeon within me.