burgeon
to put forth fresh growth, or to grow vigorously, flourish.
I think we're all about ready for Spring, aren't we? In another sense, after a week of craziness at work and strange stomach issues on top of that, I am ready to get back into my writing soil and put down roots once again.
I remember I saw this word on the cover description of a novel I read a lot as a kid. I didn't know how to pronounce it, so I took it to my dad who say "maybe, bur-GOYN?" So for years, that was how I said it, perhaps incurring many a puzzled look. I later realized that it rhymes with "surgeon," and was actually quite relieved.
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