blowth
English
Alternative forms
- blooth
Etymology
From blow (“to blossom, bloom”) + -th. Compare growth, slowth, etc. Cognate with German Blüte (“blowth”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊθ
Noun
blowth (plural blowths)
- (archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
- In the blowth and bud. — Sir Walter Raleigh.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for blowth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)