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florid

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flor·id  (flôrd, flr-)
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-rd-t, flô-), florid·ness n.
florid·ly adv.

florid
Adjective
1. having a red or flushed complexion
2. very ornate and extravagant: florid prose [Latin floridus blooming]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.florid - elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
2.florid - inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"
healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

florid
adjective 2. ornate, busy, flamboyant, baroque, fussy, embellished, flowery, overelaborate << OPPOSITE plain
adjective 3. flushed, ruddy, rubicund, high-coloured, high-complexioned, blowsy << OPPOSITE pale
Translations
florid [ˈflɔrɪd] adj [style] → florido
florid [ˈflɔrɪd] adj [complexion] → fleuri(e); [style] → plein(e) de fioritures
florid [ˈflɔrɪd] adj (style) → blumig;
(complexion) → kräftig
florid [ˈflɔrɪd] adj [complexion] → florido/a; [style] → fiorito/a


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Sessions and Old Bailey had now to summon their favourite, specially, to their longing arms; and shouldering itself towards the visage of the Lord Chief Justice in the Court of King's Bench, the florid countenance of Mr.
Barrington was a large, florid man, well built and well set up.
Out at the window a florid moon was peering over dark roofs, and in the distance the waters of a river glimmered pallidly.
 
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