/ˈflou(ə)rē/
adjective
1. full of many flowers, resembling or smelling of flowers
I have a rosy sky and a green flowery Eden in my brain; but without, I am perfectly aware, lies at my feet a rough tract to travel, and around me gather black tempests to encounter.
- from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) 2. (of speech or writing) full of elaborate words and phrases [F]rom me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language... decked out with fine words and phrases; no, what you will hear will be a straightforward speech in the first words that occur to me, confident as I am in the justice of my cause; and I do not want any of you to expect anything different. - Socrates (470 - 399 BC)