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fleuron (FLUR-on, FLOO-ron) - n., a flower-shaped ornament, especially one used on buildings, coins, books, typography, and pastry.
The typographic fleuron being ❀ or ❧ or similar horticultural dingbats (that second also being called an aldus leaf, thus showing that some fleurons are not flowers). Adopted from French twice, first as Anglo-Norman flouroun, then in the 14th century as now, both ultimately from Old French floron, equivalent to flor, flower + -on, noun suffix -- so, flower-thing, I guess?
---L.
The typographic fleuron being ❀ or ❧ or similar horticultural dingbats (that second also being called an aldus leaf, thus showing that some fleurons are not flowers). Adopted from French twice, first as Anglo-Norman flouroun, then in the 14th century as now, both ultimately from Old French floron, equivalent to flor, flower + -on, noun suffix -- so, flower-thing, I guess?
---L.
