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Definitions for florid
ˈflɔr ɪd, ˈflɒr-florid
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Princeton's WordNet
aureate, florid, flamboyantadjective
elaborately or excessively ornamented
"flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguineadjective
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
"a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"
Wiktionary
floridadjective
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
floridadjective
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
floridadjective
In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
Florid psychosis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FLORIDadjective
Etymology: floridus, Latin.
Our beauty is in colour inferiour to many flowers; and when it is most florid and gay, three fits of an ague can change it into yellowness and leanness. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.
The qualities of blood in a healthy state are to be florid, when let out of the vessel, the red part congealing strongly and soon. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
The florid, elevated, and figurative way is for the passions; for love and hatred, fear and anger, are begotten in the soul, by shewing their objects out of their true proportion. Dryden.
How did, pray, the florid youth offend,
Whose speech you took, and gave it to a friend? Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
Florid
Florid (literally "flowery") is a word with several meanings, including red in color, ornate, and abundant or disorganized.
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florid
Florid refers to something that is excessively intricate, complicated, or showy. It can be used to describe a style of writing, speech, design, or decoration that is overly elaborate or ornate. It can also refer to a rosy or reddish complexion.
Webster Dictionary
Floridadjective
covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery
Floridadjective
bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance
Floridadjective
embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence
Floridadjective
flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations
Etymology: [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of florid in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of florid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of florid in a Sentence
He loved florid verbiage and jaw-jaw until he cuts himself on Occam's razor.
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