According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
FLORIDLY
floridly
(adverb) in a florid manner; “floridly figurative prose”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
floridly (comparative more floridly, superlative most floridly)
In a florid manner
Source: Wiktionary
Flor"id*ly, adv.
Definition: In a florid manner.
FLORID
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
Word of the Day
24 January 2025
AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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