The period during which a person, school, or movement was most active or flourishing.
[Latin flōruit, third person sing. perfect tense of flōrēre, to flourish. See flourish.]
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flo·ru·it (flôr'yū-ĭt, -ū-, flōr'-, flŏr'-)  |
n. (Abbr. fl.)
The period during which a person, school, or movement was most active or flourishing.
The period during which a person, school, or movement was most active or flourishing.
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(FLOR-yoo-it)
noun
The period during which a person, movement, etc. was active.
Etymology
From Latin floruit (flourished), from florere (to flourish). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to thrive or bloom) that gave us flower, bleed, bless, foliage, blossom, and blade.]
"Then there was the astonishing firm of Woodhull, Claflin and Company, floruit circa 1870-1872." — John Brooks; The Go-Go Years; John Wiley & Sons; 1999.
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Floruit (pronounced /ˈflɔrju.ɪt/, often abbreviated fl. or flor. and sometimes italicized to show it is Latin) is a verb meaning 'flourished', which denotes the period of time during which a person, school, movement or even species was active or flourishing. It is the third person, singular, past tense, indicative, active form of the Latin verb florere — "to flourish".
It is widely used in genealogy and historical writing; its use occurs when the birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when a person was alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, 1207 and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)".
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References
- "Floruit". merriam-webster.com. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Floruit. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- "Floruit". dictionary.reference.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Floruit. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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