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florid
[ flawr-id, flor- ]
adjective
- reddish; ruddy; rosy:
a florid complexion.
Antonyms: pale
- flowery; excessively ornate; showy:
florid writing.
Synonyms: gaudy, flash, rococo, grandiloquent, flamboyant
Antonyms: unaffected, simple, plain
- Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.
florid
/ ˈflɒrɪd /
adjective
- having a red or flushed complexion
- excessively ornate; flowery
florid architecture
- an archaic word for flowery
Derived Forms
- floˈridity, noun
- ˈfloridly, adverb
Other Words From
- flo·rid·i·ty [flaw-, rid, -i-tee, fl, uh, -], florid·ness noun
- florid·ly adverb
- over·florid adjective
- over·florid·ly adverb
- over·florid·ness noun
- un·florid adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of florid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of florid1
Example Sentences
It wasn’t a florid embrace of trans rights, but a summary dismissal of a bad-faith attack on a vulnerable minority population.
And during the meeting in May, his cautious rhetoric was in contrast to Mr Putin’s florid compliments about Mr Xi.
“Take a Picture” was alive with dazzling melodies, lyrical wit, strikingly intimate vocals and marvelously florid arrangements — a small masterpiece of the microgenre known as sunshine pop.
In that spirit, I lately find myself rejecting florid dramas of opposition in favor of modest gestures of refusal — acts of subversion motivated by impatience, or a plain indifference to the way things are supposed to be: the blithe insouciance of a servant upending the assumptions of her masters; the cunning of peasants bamboozling the royal tax collector.
He submitted a florid “Ode to Sport” under the pseudonymous pairing of “Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach,” the surnames borrowed from the names of French villages.
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