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Meaning of 'florid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Florid [ a.]
- Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
- Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
- Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
- Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Meaning of 'florid' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . florid [ s]
Meaning (1):
- inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
Example in sentence:
  • a fresh and sanguine complexion;
  • a ruddy complexion;
  • Santa's rubicund cheeks
Meaning (2):
- elaborately or excessively ornamented
Example in sentence:
  • flamboyant handwriting;
  • the senator's florid speech

Nearby Words:

flo float floatable floatage floatation floated floater floatiersman floating floatingly

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