A faint feeling, you feel slightly dizzy
"You're a little too flowery for me, you really have to let the wind blow in your face first."
Ilse Frapan: Wings up! Novellae 1895
Source: Beautiful Words Vol. 2 | Lenny Lionstar
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And just because the book doesn't end like other works of its kind - no, it doesn't end like that at all. But very flowery.
Kurt Tucholski: "The Mystery of the Yellow Room"
Whoever formed this onomatopoeia from the French "bleu mourant": congratulations! There is no nicer description for a pleasant confusion or feeling unwell, which at times also heralds impending doom. In 2007, a prominent selection committee placed "blümerant" in second place behind "Kleinod" for the most beautiful endangered German word. So let's do something to keep the word alive: let's use it!
Source: Encyclopedia of Beautiful Words | Roland Kaehlbrandt and Walter Kramer
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