Floruit


[floh-roo-it; English flawr-yoo-it, flohr-, flor-] /ˈfloʊ ru ɪt; English ˈflɔr yu ɪt, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr-/

noun, Latin.
1.
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown.
Abbreviation: fl., flor.
/ˈflɒruːɪt/
verb
1.
(he or she) flourished: used to indicate the period when a historical figure, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was most active Abbreviation fl., flor.

used now mainly in sense of “period during which a historical person’s life work was done,” 1843, Latin, literally “he flourished,” third person singular perf. indicative of florere (see flourish (v.)). Usually in abbreviation fl.

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