"Floruit (/\u02C8fl\u0254\u0259rj\u0289.\u026At/ or /\u02C8fl\u0252r\u0289.\u026At/), abbreviated fl. (or occasionally, flor.), in Latin meaning \"he/she flourished\", denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone \"flourished\"."@en .