verbloeming
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From verbloemen + -ing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧bloe‧ming
Noun[edit]
verbloeming f (plural verbloemingen, diminutive verbloemingetje n)
- A euphemistic or masked phrasing, vaguery
- An excuse, apologetic phrasing, justification
- A rhetoric figure of speech
- A fleuron, floral ornament
- (chemistry) An efflorescence
Synonyms[edit]
- (rhetoric): stijlbloem