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| 1. | reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion. |
| 2. | flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing. |
| 3. | Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers. |
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flor·id·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 2. flamboyant, grandiloquent, rococo; flash, gaudy.
—Antonyms 1. pale. 2. plain, simple, unaffected.
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adj.
[French floride, from Latin flōridus, from flōs, flōr-, flower; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.] flo·rid'i·ty (flə-rĭd'ĭ-tē, flô-), flor'id·ness n., flor'id·ly adv. |
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florid
1642, "strikingly beautiful," from Fr. floride "flourishing," from L. floridus "flowery, blooming," from flos "flower" (see flora). Sense of "ruddy" is first recorded 1650. Meaning "profusely adorned, as with flowers," is from 1656.
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| florid | |
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| 1. | elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: aureate] |
| 2. | inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund] |
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Florid
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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