efflorescence
pronunciation
How to pronounce efflorescence in British English:
UK [ˌefləˈresns]
How to pronounce efflorescence in American English:
US [ˌɛfləˈrɛsəns]
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- Noun:
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- any red eruption of the skin
- the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- a powdery deposit on a surface
Word Origin
- efflorescence (n.)
- 1620s, "a bursting into flower, act of blossoming out," from French efflorescence, from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens), present participle of efflorescere "to bloom, flourish, blossom" (see effloresce). Sense in chemistry is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. My mother 's presbyopic glasses are under efflorescence . Are they worth ?
- 2. Despite an efflorescence of striking architecture , both old and modern , britain 's second-biggest city is not doing well .
- 3. This period witnessed the efflorescence of ornate architecture .
- 4. The curtain of night interweaved the sound of evil 's efflorescence .
- 5. The observers who chanced to be present at the house of old jolyon forsyte in stanhope gate , might have seen the highest efflorescence of the forsytes .