efflorescence

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  2. noun any red eruption of the skin
  3. noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Etymology

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.

In classic literature

Synonyms

flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, flush

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