florid
[flawr-id, flor-]
adjective
reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.
Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.
Origin of florid
Synonyms for florid
Antonyms for florid
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decorative, baroque, flamboyant, sonorous, ornate, glowing, aureate, busy, figurative, flowery, fussy, grandiloquent, high-flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, overblown, pretentious, rhetorical, richExamples from the Web for florid
Contemporary Examples of florid
There are Halo novels, miniseries, and reams of florid fan-fiction.
The florid brushwork of a Constable gets hypertrophied in Freud, into a kind of gross exaggeration of what unleashed paint can do.
He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.
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 BeautyHarriet Stark
Her florid face was beaded with perspiration as a result of her efforts.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
Laurent, who was tall and robust, with a florid complexion, astonished her.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola
On his florid, dbonnair countenance was stamped his character of bon-viveur.
The Suitors of YvonneRaphael Sabatini
He was a corpulent, florid man, purse-proud, and self-sufficient.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
florid
adjective
Word Origin for florid
C17: from Latin flōridus blooming
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florid
[flôr′ĭd]
adj.
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