reflorescencen.
/riːfləˈrɛsns/, /riːflɔːˈrɛsns/, /riːflɒˈrɛsns/, U.S. /ˌriflʊˈrɛs(ə)ns/, /ˌriflɔˈrɛs(ə)ns/, /ˌrifləˈrɛs(ə)ns/ Now rare.
A flowering or flourishing again, a second florescence. Chiefly figurative.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to flourishing condition > fact of
regeneration1567
resurging1575
renascency1648
Second Coming1650
palintocya1660
reflorescence1690
revirescence1741
resurgence1798
renascence1810
resurgency1810
recrudescence1877
Renaissance1882
Risorgimento1883
reburgeoning1929
greening1970
1690 E. Warren Geologia i. 15 The restoration of the dead Bodies of Men, or their happy reflorescence out of their Dust and Ruines.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Reflorescence.
a1792 Bp. G. Horne Disc. xvi, in Wks. (1809) IV. 302 By the reflorescence of that mortal part which he drew from the stem of Jesse.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. ii. i. 284 This reflorescence of Italy in time reacted on Germany, though at first only in regard to the mere external form of the Latin tongue.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 17 A famous..example of this reflorescence.
1940 Mod. Lang. Rev. 35 106 May it prove to be the harbinger of a comparatiste reflorescence.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 6 Oct. 20 The brief reflorescence of English Catholic polyphony that followed the benighted marriage of Mary Tudor to Philip II of Spain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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