blowth

English

Etymology

From blow (“to blossom, bloom”) +‎ -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare growth, slowth, etc. Cognate with German Blüte (“blowth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bləʊθ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bloʊθ/
• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Noun

blowth (plural blowths)

1. (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

• blooth

References

• “blowth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.