verbloeming
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