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Definitions for Florid

[1] reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
[2] flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing.
[3] Obsolete . abounding in or consisting of flowers.
[4] having a red or flushed complexion
[5] excessively ornate; flowery florid architecture
[6] an archaic word for flowery

Words related to Florid

decorative, baroque, flamboyant, sonorous, ornate, glowing, aureate, busy, figurative, flowery, fussy, grandiloquent, high-flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, overblown, pretentious, rhetorical, rich

Words nearby Florid

floriated, floribunda, florican, floricane, floriculture, florid, florid oral papillomatosis, florida, florida current, florida keys, florida moss

Origin of Florid

1635–45; < Latin flōridus, equivalent to flōr(ēre ) to bloom (see florescence) + -idus -id4

Other words from Florid

flo·rid·i·ty [flaw-rid -i-tee, fluh -] /flɔˈrɪd ɪ ti, flə-/ , flor·id·ness , noun
flor·id·ly , adverb
o·ver·flor·id , adjective
o·ver·flor·id·ly , adverb
o·ver·flor·id·ness , noun
un·flor·id , adjective
flo•rid′ i•ty (flə-rĭd′ ĭ-tē, flô- ) n.

Word origin for Florid

C17: from Latin flōridus blooming

Synonyms for Florid

baroque, decorative, flamboyant, ornate, sonorous, aureate, busy, embellished, euphuistic, figurative, flowery, fussy, garnished, grandiloquent, high-flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, ornamented, overblown, pretentious, rhetorical, rich