Florid
/ˈflɒɹɪd/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
- 2 Elaborately ornate; flowery.
- 3 In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
"florid psychosis"
- 4 Flourishing; in the bloom of health. obsolete
"Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him."
Adjective
- 1 inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life wordnet
- 2 elaborately or excessively ornamented wordnet
Example
More examples"Her prose is full of needlessly florid, cliched descriptions, securing her career as a romance novelist."
Etymology
From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.