Burgeon Definition

bʉrjən

bourgeoned, bourgeoning, burgeon, burgeoned, burgeoning, burgeons

verb

To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout.

Webster's New World

To begin to grow or blossom.

American Heritage

To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish.

The burgeoning suburbs.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.

Wiktionary

(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

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Synonyms:

noun

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Other Word Forms of Burgeon

Singular:

burgeon

Plural:

burgeons

From Middle English burjon, burioun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon "a bud"), from Old Frankish *burjo (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry, bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (“to bear”). Akin to Old High German burjan (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”). More at bear.

From Wiktionary
Middle English burgeonen from Old French borjoner from burjon a bud from Vulgar Latin burriō burriōn- from Late Latin burra a shaggy garment

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”) from Vulgar Latin *burrionem, accusative of *burrio, from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff”) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).

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