Thesaurus: florid

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1. a. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
2. a. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
3. a. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
4. a. Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
5. adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented
6. adj. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
7. 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.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
8. Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures,divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or littleornamentations.
9. j:100 s elaborately or excessively ornamented s inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life