fleuron

[ flur-on, floor- ]

noun

1. a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.
2. Printing. flower ( def 6 ).

fleuron

/ ˈflʊərɒn; ˈflɜː-; -rən /

noun

1. another name for flower
2. cookery a decorative piece of pastry

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleuron¹

1350–1400; < French; Old French floron, equivalent to flor flower + -on noun suffix; replacing Middle English flouroun < Old French

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleuron¹

C14: from French, from Old French floron , from flor flower

Example Sentences

The handle broke, the flame set fire to the loose powder,—and that was the end of the gallant ship Fleuron.

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Fleuron on the title-page of Histoire de lamesure du temps par les horloges, byFerdinand Berthoud, 1802.

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Fleuron on the title-page of volume vii ofCollection complte des uvres deJ.-J.

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And so he went on board the Fleuron to surrender his sword and his privateer commission.

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