FLEURY

Definition: FLEURY

FLEURY

Adjective

1. Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "FLEURY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Etymology: Fleury \Fleur"y\, adjective. [French expression fleuri covered with flowers, past participle of fleurir. See Flourish.]. (references)

Commercial Usage: FLEURY

Domain	Title
References	Fleury Michon: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Abbo of Fleury and Ramsay: Commentary on the Calculus of Victorious of Aquitaine (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi) (reference) Abbo of Fleury, Abbo of Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, and Acta Sanctorum (Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture, V. 1) (reference) Champ Fleury (reference) Claude Fleury, 1640-1723, as an educational historiographer and thinker (reference) Fleury Mesplet: The Enlightenment Comes to Canada (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: FLEURY

Illustrations: FLEURY
	Subject(s): ... Colonel, De, Fleury, building, fort ...
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Photo Album: FLEURY

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[William C. Duncan] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Philip J. Fleury..		[Patrick James Fitzgerald] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Philip J. Fleury..
	[Jack Gross] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Philip J. Fleury..		[James B. Hamilton] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Philip J. Fleury..
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Use in Literature: FLEURY

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He was fond of joking, says Fleury de Chaboulon
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FLEURY

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Poland	The largest foreign franchisers active in Poland are McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, TelePizza, Adidas, Intersport, Kodak Express, Fleury Michon, Avis Rent a Car, Marks & Spencer, Midas, The Athlete's Foot, English First, Futurekids, The Cheesecake Shop, Bianco Footwear, Bricomarche, Intermarche, Jean Claude Biguine, Jean Louis David, Saint Algue Paris, SPAR, Collagena, CyberLand, Blimpie, Jacadi Paris, Carre blanc, and the Yves Rocher Group. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FLEURY

"FLEURY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "FLEURY" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	94.74%	36	57,479
Noun (singular)	5.26%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	38	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: FLEURY

The following table summarizes the usage of "FLEURY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Fleury	Last name	2,000	6,549
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: FLEURY

Country	Name
France	Fleury Michon
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: FLEURY

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "FLEURY": Fleury-merogis.
	Ending with "FLEURY": Robert-fleury, Thiaumont-fleury.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: FLEURY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
andre fleury marc	142	fleury realty	3
fleury	50	fleury laboratorios	3
theo fleury	25	fontenay le fleury	2
theoren fleury	16	fleury mérogis	2
andre fleury marc picture	13	claudine fleury	2
andré fleury marc	13	fleury promenade	2
cecile fleury	7	fleury merogis	2
andre fleury marc pic	5	fleury genevieve	2
andre fleury marc photo	5	england fleury	2
fleury laboratorio	5	andre fleury leme	2
fleury michon	4	andre fleury marc profile	2
fleury hopital	3	amy fleury	2
marc fleury	3	fleury laurent	2
fleury richard	3	fleury picture theo	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "FLEURY"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FLEURY" (pronounced fluh"rē)
3	-uh" r ē	Curie, jury, fury, Puri, venturi.
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Anagrams: FLEURY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-l-r-u-y"
	-1 letter: ferly, flyer, refly.
	-2 letters: fley, flue, fuel, furl, fury, lure, lyre, rely, rule, ruly, yule.
	-3 letters: elf, fer, feu, fey, flu, fly, fry, fur, leu, ley, lye, ref, rue, rye.
	-4 letters: ef, el, er, re, ye.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-l-r-u-y"
	+1 letter: fullery.
	+2 letters: flummery, fluttery, irefully, ruefully, yourself.
	+3 letters: butterfly, carefully, direfully, fearfully, fretfully, furtively, joyfuller, prayerful, profusely, refutably, reliquefy, requalify, restfully, tearfully.
	+4 letters: cheerfully, dreadfully, dreamfully, forcefully, frequently, funereally, gracefully, gratefully, mercifully, powerfully, prequalify, pridefully, sufferably, unfriendly, wearifully.
	+5 letters: butterflyer, effortfully, ferociously, fluorimetry, fluorometry, flusteredly, forgetfully, fortunately, fruitlessly, irrefutably, masterfully, nefariously, prayerfully, regardfully, regretfully, reposefully, resentfully, stressfully, superfamily, superfluity, wonderfully.
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