Definitions for burgeons

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burgeons bur·geon

Spelling: [bur-juh n]

IPA: /ˈbɜr dʒən/

Burgeons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 357 anagrams from letters in burgeons (begnorsu).

Definitions for burgeons

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 burgeons

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 burgeons

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

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

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

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

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