florid
1Florid — Flor id, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}.] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] [1913 Webster] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Bright in color; flushed with… …
2florid — FLORÍD, Ă, florizi, de, adj. (Despre boli) Care este în plină evoluţie. – Din lat. floridus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 14.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 floríd adj. m., pl. florízi; f. sg. florídă, pl …
3florid — [flôr′id, flär′id] adj. [L floridus, flowery < flos, a FLOWER] 1. flushed with red or pink; rosy; ruddy: said of the complexion 2. highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate [a florid musical passage] 3. Obs. decorated with flowers; flowery… …
4florid — [adj1] very elaborate aureate, baroque, busy, decorative, embellished, euphuistic, figurative, flamboyant, flowery, fussy, garnished, grandiloquent, high flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, overblown, pretentious,… …
5florid — ► 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 …
6Florīd — (v. lat.), blühend, blumig …
7Florīd — (lat.), blühend, blumenreich, in voller Entwickelung begriffen (auch von Krankheiten); Floridität, blühender Zustand, Blumenreichtum …
8Florid — Florid, lat. deutsch, blumig, blumenreich …
9florid — (adj.) 1640s, strikingly beautiful, from Fr. floride flourishing, from L. floridus flowery, in bloom, from flos flower (see FLORA (Cf. flora)). Sense of ruddy is first recorded 1640s. Meaning profusely adorned, as with flowers, is from 1650s.… …
10florid — *ornate, flamboyant, rococo, baroque Analogous words: aureate, flowery, euphuistic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical, bombastic: sumptuous, luxurious, opulent: *showy, ostentatious, pretentious Antonyms: chaste (in style, decoration)… …
