FLORID
rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine
(adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; “a ruddy complexion”; “Santa’s rubicund cheeks”; “a fresh and sanguine complexion”
aureate, florid, flamboyant
(adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented; “flamboyant handwriting”; “the senator’s florid speech”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
florid (comparative more florid, superlative most florid)
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
(of a disorder, especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
(obsolete) Flourishing; in the bloom of health.
Anagrams
• Ilford
Source: Wiktionary
Flor"id, a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures,
divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little
ornamentations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition