floriated

American  

[flawr-ee-ey-tid, flohr-] / ˈflɔr iˌeɪ tɪd, ˈfloʊr- /

Also floriate

adjective

1. made of or decorated with floral ornamentation.

   floriated design; floriated china.

---

floriated British  

/ ˈflɔːrɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. architect having ornamentation based on flowers and leaves

---

Etymology

Origin of floriated

First recorded in 1835–45; flori- + -ate ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The birds were singing, the trees were budding, and the floriated rhetoric of Senate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, 71, was in full bloom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The minute hand of its floriated and gilded clock, one of the largest in France, which since 1900 had declared the time to generations of anxious travelers, now moved in sedate jerks toward apotheosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The popular concept that the roof is the very essence of architecture became so deeply ingrained that Louis Sullivan, Chicago's famed skyscraper builder, felt it necessary to crown his tall buildings with huge, floriated lids.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were some time acquiring a stove and when they did find what they wanted, a silver-scrolled monster with floriated warming ovens and a front like a nickel-plated tulip garden, they had trouble getting it.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Within the south door, against the west wall, is an old stone coffin, with broken lid, ornamented with an incised floriated cross; this was discovered at the time of the restoration.

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway