florid

[flawr-id, flor-]

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adjective

reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.
Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.

Origin of florid

1635–45; < Latin flōridus, equivalent to flōr(ēre) to bloom (see florescence) + -idus -id⁴

Related formsflo·rid·i·ty

[flaw-rid-i-tee, fluh-] /flɔˈrɪd ɪ ti, flə-/, flor·id·ness, nounflor·id·ly, adverbo·ver·flor·id, adjectiveo·ver·flor·id·ly, adverbo·ver·flor·id·ness, nounun·flor·id, adjective

Synonyms for florid

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2. flamboyant, grandiloquent, rococo; flash, gaudy.

Antonyms for florid

1. pale. 2. plain, simple, unaffected.

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Related Words for florid

decorative, baroque, flamboyant, sonorous, ornate, glowing, aureate, busy, figurative, flowery, fussy, grandiloquent, high-flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, overblown, pretentious, rhetorical, rich

Examples from the Web for florid

Contemporary Examples of florid

There are Halo novels, miniseries, and reams of florid fan-fiction.
David Fincher and Conan O’Brien: Halo 4’s Secret Weapons
Alex Klein
October 10, 2012
The florid brushwork of a Constable gets hypertrophied in Freud, into a kind of gross exaggeration of what unleashed paint can do.
Lucian Freud, the Conservative Radical
Blake Gopnik
July 21, 2011
He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.
Great Irish Adventures
Allen Barra
June 9, 2010

Historical Examples of florid

In the corridor we were joined by Peggy and the florid young man whom I had seen with her.
The Bacillus of Beauty
Harriet Stark
Her florid face was beaded with perspiration as a result of her efforts.
The Law-Breakers
Ridgwell Cullum
Laurent, who was tall and robust, with a florid complexion, astonished her.
Therese Raquin
Emile Zola
On his florid, dbonnair countenance was stamped his character of bon-viveur.
The Suitors of Yvonne
Raphael Sabatini
He was a corpulent, florid man, purse-proud, and self-sufficient.
Scaramouche
Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for florid

florid

adjective

having a red or flushed complexion
excessively ornate; floweryflorid architecture
an archaic word for flowery

Derived Formsfloridity or floridness, nounfloridly, adverb

Word Origin for florid

C17: from Latin flōridus blooming

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Word Origin and History for florid

adj.

1640s, "strikingly beautiful," from French floride "flourishing," from Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom," from flos "flower" (see flora). Sense of "ruddy" is first recorded 1640s. Meaning "profusely adorned, as with flowers," is from 1650s. Related: Floridly.

florid in Medicine

florid

[flôr′ĭd]

adj.

Of a bright red or ruddy color. Used of certain skin lesions.

Related formsflo•rid′i•ty (flə-rĭd′ĭ-tē, flô-) n.