See Also: Florentine(dictionary)
Egg Florentine(recipes)
Florentine(recipes)
Florentine - Fencing(gambling)
Pasta Florentine(recipes)
Gateau de Crepe a la Florentine(recipes)
Creamy Chicken Florentine(recipes)
Classic Veal Florentine(recipes)
Chicken Florentine in Minutes(recipes)
Cheese Manicotti Florentine(recipes)

diving board (oh) and Florentine (iou)


diving board (oh)



n [C]
a board above the edge of a swimming pool which people dive from

Florentine (iou)



Florentine noun & adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French Florentin, -ine or Latin Florentinus, from Florentia: see FLORENCE, -INE1.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Florence in Tuscany, NW Italy. ME.
A fabric of silk or (formerly) cotton or worsted, used for garments. Cf. FLORENCE noun 2. M16.
A kind of pie; esp. meat etc. baked in a plate with a cover of pastry (and not in a pie-dish). Now rare or obsolete. L16.
The Italian dialect spoken in Florence. L16.
A kind of biscuit packed with nuts, glace cherries, and Other preserved fruit, coated on one side with chocolate. M20.
b. adjective.
Of, obtained from, or associated with the city of Florence. L16.
Florentine iris a bearded iris with almost white flowers, Iris germanica var. florentina, the chief source of orrisroot. Florentine mosaic: composed of pieces of semiprecious stone embedded in marble etc. to form patterns or pictures. Florentine pie rare = sense A.3 above. Florentine stitch Embroidery: worked in zigzag patterns on canvas.
Cookery. Of eggs, fish, etc.: served on a bed of spinach or with spinach sauce. Usu. postpositive. M18.
Embroidery. Using Florentine stitch. E20.
? See also a LA Florentine.