florid

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.

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

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flo·ridi·ty (fl-rd-t, flô-), florid·ness n.

florid·ly adv.

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florid

Adjective

1. having a red or flushed complexion

2. very ornate and extravagant: florid prose [Latin floridus blooming]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	florid - elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" aureate, flamboyant 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" rubicund, ruddy, sanguine healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"

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florid

adjective 1. flowery, high-flown, figurative, grandiloquent, euphuistic

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