blowth
English edit
Etymology edit
From blow (“to blossom, bloom”) + -th. Compare growth, slowth, etc. Cognate with German Blüte (“blowth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blowth (plural blowths)
- (archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
- 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
- In the blowth and bud.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “blowth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.