Florid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
  • adj. Very ornate; flowery: a florid prose style.
  • adj. Archaic Healthy.
  • adj. Obsolete Abounding in or covered with flowers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
  • adj. Elaborately ornate; flowery.
  • adj. In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
  • adj. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color.
  • adj. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate
  • adj. Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Covered or abounding with flowers; flowery; blooming.
  • Bright in color; specifically, flushed with red; of a lively red color: as, a florid countenance; a florid cheek.
  • Flowery in appearance or effect; highly embellished or decorated; loaded with ornamentation: as, florid architecture; florid music.
  • Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched with lively figures; highly ornate; overwrought in expression: as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented
  • adj. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
  • Equivalent
    fancy    healthy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flowery    ornamental   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    horrid    torrid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    swarthy    flamboyant    rosy    middle-aged    comely    eloquent    handsome    stately    lively    rococo