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Florid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Florid? [adj] elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Florid: aureate \| fancy \| flamboyant \| showy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Florid: adorned \| arabesque \| aureate \| baroque \| befrilled \| bizarre \| blooming \| bloomy \| blossoming \| blowzed \| blowzy \| bombastic \| brain-born \| burnt \| busy \| chichi \| colored \| declamatory \| decorated \| dream-built \| efflorescent \| elaborate \| elegant \| embellished \| embroidered \| euphuistic \| extravagant \| fanciful \| fancy \| fancy-born \| fancy-built \| fancy-woven \| fantasque \| fantastic \| festooned \| figurative \| figured \| fine \| flamboyant \| floral \| floreate \| florescent \| floriate \| floriated \| floricultural \| flowered \| flowering \| flowery \| flush \| flushed \| frilly \| full-blooded \| fussy \| garden \| glowing \| Gothic \| grandiloquent \| grotesque \| hectic \| high-wrought \| horticultural \| hortulan \| in bloom \| in blossom \| in flower \| inflorescent \| labored \| luscious \| lush \| luxuriant \| luxurious \| maggoty \| magniloquent \| moresque \| multiflorous \| notional \| ornate \| ostentatious \| outlandish \| overblown \| overcharged \| overelaborate \| overelegant \| overlabored \| overloaded \| overworked \| overwrought \| picturesque \| preposterous \| pretentious \| pretty-pretty \| purple \| radiciflorous \| red-complexioned \| red-faced \| red-fleshed \| rhizanthous \| rich \| rococo \| rosy \| rosy-cheeked \| rubicund \| ruddy \| ruddy-complexioned \| ruddy-faced \| sanguine \| showy \| sonorous \| sunburned \| uniflorous \| whimsical \| wild See Also \| Florid In Webster's Dictionary \Flor"id\, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}.] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance. 3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence. 4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Florid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Florid?

[adj] elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Florid: aureate | fancy | flamboyant | showy

See Also |

Florid In Webster's Dictionary

\Flor"id\, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
{Flower}.]
1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]

         Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.

2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish
   color; as, a florid countenance.

3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess
   with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style;
   florid eloquence.

4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic
   figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of
   fioriture or little ornamentations.

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