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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
2. 2
   The small decorative flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
3. 3
   A decorative typographic element, used to separate passages or simply for decoration. Often doubled, e.g. 🙚 🙘 or 🙘🙚, or combined with other fleurons into a short line.

   "Fleurons include ❦, 🙐, 🙘, 🙠, 🙨, ☘, 🙬, 🕊, ✾, 𐡷, 𐫱."

Example

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"Fleurons include ❦, 🙐, 🙘, 🙠, 🙨, ☘, 🙬, 🕊, ✾, 𐡷, 𐫱."

Etymology

From Old French floron (“flower”), spelling later changed to match modern French fleuron.

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