efflorescence

/ˌɛfləˈrɛsəns/

Other forms: efflorescences

If your artistic career is in a period of efflorescence, that means you are producing the most work of your life, and it's very good. When something is in efflorescence, it is in bloom.

Inside of efflorescence, you see the Latin root flor, which itself is derived from a word meaning "flower." Use this to remember the "blooming" nature of the word. Try not to confuse this word with effervescent, which means "bubbly and light," like a glass of seltzer or a cheerleader.

Definitions of efflorescence

1. noun

   the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
   synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence

   type of:

   development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

   (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
2. noun

   the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
   synonyms: bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime

   types:

   golden age

   a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak

   type of:

   period, period of time, time period

   an amount of time
3. noun

   any red eruption of the skin
   synonyms: rash, roseola, skin rash

   types:

   heat rash, miliaria, prickly heat

   obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

   hives, nettle rash, urticaria, urtication

   an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

   type of:

   eruption

   symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
4. noun

   a powdery deposit on a surface
   synonyms: bloom

   type of:

   crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing

   the formation of crystals