Floridness

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flor·id (flôr

d, fl

adj.

1. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.

2. Very ornate; flowery: a florid prose style.

3. Archaic Healthy.

4. Obsolete Abounding in or covered with flowers.

[French floride, from Latin flridus, from fls, flr-, flower; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

flo·ridi·ty (fl

-r

-t

, flô-), florid·ness n.

florid·ly adv.

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Noun

floridness - extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance"

flamboyance, floridity, showiness

elaborateness, ornateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

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