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flor·id

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–adjective

1.	reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.

2.	flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.

3.	Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L flōridus, equiv. to flōr(ére) to bloom (see florescence) + -idus -id⁴

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—Related forms

flo·rid·i·ty

Audio Help [flaw-rid-i-tee, fluh-] Pronunciation Key, flor·id·ness, noun

flor·id·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. flamboyant, grandiloquent, rococo; flash, gaudy.

—Antonyms 1. pale. 2. plain, simple, unaffected.

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flor·id Audio Help (flôr'ĭd, flŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
Very ornate; flowery: a florid prose style.
Archaic Healthy.
Obsolete Abounding in or covered with flowers.

[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
adjective
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.

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