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

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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

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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

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