[syn: rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Florid \Flor"id\, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower.]
1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
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Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish
color; as, a florid countenance.
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3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess
with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style;
florid eloquence.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
florid
adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
aureate, florid, flamboyant]
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,
ruddy, florid, sanguine]