Definitions for fleuron

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fleuron fleu·ron

Spelling: [flur-on, floo r-]

IPA: /ˈflɜr ɒn, ˈflʊər-/

Fleuron is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in fleuron (eflnoru).

Definitions for fleuron

noun

1. a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.
2. Printing. flower (def 6).

Origin of fleuron

1350-1400; French; Old French floron, equivalent to flor flower + -on noun suffix; replacing Middle English flouroun Old French

Examples for fleuron

fleuron on the title-page of Histoire de lamesure du temps par les horloges, byFerdinand Berthoud, 1802.

fleuron on the title-page of volume vii ofCollection complte des uvres deJ.-J.

And so he went on board the fleuron to surrender his sword and his privateer commission.