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- noun Plural form of
gladiolus .
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Examples
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The dapper pink gladioli I planted last spring near the boxwood hedge had finally bloomed, the blush-pink peonies—unfashionable but one of my favourites—were out after I had given up on them, and the air smelled of fresh earth and honeysuckle.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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The dapper pink gladioli I planted last spring near the boxwood hedge had finally bloomed, the blush-pink peonies—unfashionable but one of my favourites—were out after I had given up on them, and the air smelled of fresh earth and honeysuckle.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Neuhauser won in 1925 with the word "gladiolus" and Bell won in 1926 with the "cerise," so bee officials placed an arrangement of cerise-colored gladioli at the base of the trophy pedestal onstage.
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Her signature cake was an ornate arrangement of crafted flowers springing out of a cake vase, edible gladioli, roses, delphiniums, flowing ivy held by a genoise urn.
Act of Creation J.A. Pak 2011
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Each registers a distinct floral note — the lilies and gladioli for the funeral parlours, irises and tulips and birds of paradise for the wives of contrite husbands, pink and crinoline-white carnations for the velvet lapels of hopeful prom kings, thorny roses for the lovers and poets and perky daisies and mums and marigolds for the pick-me-ups and get-well-soons.
Virginity Paul Hargreaves 2010
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An acquaintance of my mother, who lives very near to a Lady in White, told her that they are under orders not to assault these women in light clothing with gladioli in their hands.
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With a stupid bunch of gladioli Mama stuffed into my hand.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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With a stupid bunch of gladioli Mama stuffed into my hand.
A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010
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Gladioli timesThe gladioli has a tendency towards the frilly and the froufrou, but lots are delicate and there is still time to plant them for late summer spires of colour.
In the garden this week: Net fruit bushes, plus gladioli times 2010
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Net now so the birds don't nick all your fruit, plus there's still time to plant gladioli
In the garden this week: Net fruit bushes, plus gladioli times 2010
arby commented on the word gladioli
Plural of gladiola?
October 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word gladioli
Gladiola is plural for gladiolus, and this word is an alternate plural form of the same thing. I actually prefer this one.
October 13, 2007
arby commented on the word gladioli
Ah. I think at some point I knew that, a long time ago.
PS this one definitely does sound better. It's got that nice 'aoli' sound going on, reminds me of Italian food. (Aglio y olio? Or am I thinking of some kind of appetizer?)
October 13, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word gladioli
You might be thinking of aioli, a French garlic sauce.
Gladiolus comes from the Latin for "sword," because the plant's leaves are shaped like swords. Isn't that nifty? Same root as gladiator.
I could never get past the "glad" part though. It makes me think of flowers that are just way too happy.
October 13, 2007
arby commented on the word gladioli
Aioli, yeah, that's it! Thanks, that was totally going to bug me. (And BTW, isn't that a cool word? So many vowels in a row. Those wacky French! *makes note to add to Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys list*)
That is very cool about the etymology but I completely agree, it's sort of cognitive dissonance because you don't expect flowers to be glad. But I like it much better now that I know the connection to gladiator.
October 13, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word gladioli
Well, one does expect flowers to be glad, I guess, in the sense of happy and perky and pretty and all that, but I just don't like the word glad.
You know the poster for the movie "40-Year-Old Virgin"? Now, I love that poster, and love Steve Carell, but that's the kind of goofy, fake-looking expression I think of when I hear the word "glad." So, if a flower looked like that, I'd be all like, "Shut up," and shit. I'd be in its face, you know? Like, "shut up!"
October 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gladioli
You...uh...scream at flowers a lot, chained_bear?
Arby, you may have been thinking of aglio e olio, which is Italian for "garlic and olive oil." Simple pasta dressing. Also, unfortunately, an EP by the Beastie Boys. But don't think about that last part.
October 13, 2007