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  • 51floridly — florid ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a red or flushed complexion. 2) elaborately or excessively ornate or intricate: florid prose. DERIVATIVES floridity noun floridly adverb floridness noun. ORIGIN Latin floridus, from flos flower …

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  • 52floridness — florid ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a red or flushed complexion. 2) elaborately or excessively ornate or intricate: florid prose. DERIVATIVES floridity noun floridly adverb floridness noun. ORIGIN Latin floridus, from flos flower …

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  • 53florideous — floridˈeous adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑Florideae * * * florideous, a. Bot. (flɒˈrɪdɪəs) [f. mod.L. Floride æ (f. L. flōridus florid) + ous.] Belonging to the Florideæ, an order of Algæ, or having the characters of that group. [See …

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  • 54gigantiform cementoma — florid osseous dysplasia …

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  • 55big word — florid language, fancy wording …

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  • 56ornate style — florid style, flamboyant and pretentious phrasing …

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  • 57flowry —  florid, handsome, of a good complexion. N …

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  • 58Organum — This article is about a style of music. For the musical instrument, see organum (musical instrument). For the experimental music group, see David Jackman. Organum (  /ˈɔr …

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  • 59Medieval music — Periods of Western art music Early Medieval   (500–1400) Renaissance (1400–1600) Baroque (1600–1760) Common practice Baroque (1600–1760) …

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  • 60ornate — ornate, rococo, baroque, flamboyant, florid can all mean elaborately and often pretentiously decorated or designed. Ornate is applicable to anything heavily adorned or ornamented or conspicuously embellished {an ornate style of architecture} {the …

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