florid

[florĀ·id]

Something that's elaborate and full of extra flourishes is florid, whether it's your relatives' ornate decorating style or the way they talk, using a lot of unnecessarily long, complicated words.

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Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

Adjective S.
elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator''s florid speech"


a.
Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

a.
Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.

a.
Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

a.
Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.


Florid

Flor"id , a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree.
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.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

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