florid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈflɒɹɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfloɹɪd/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈflɑɹɪd/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.
Meanings
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Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Red looked up, his florid, freckled face wet with melon, and grinned widely: “You know, fellers, I just don’t know what we’d do without Mr. Flora.” Red was to wind up watermelonless in the U.S. Navy!
2000, Frank F[urlong] Mathias, “Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity”, in The GI Generation: A Memoir, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 198:
- Elaborately ornate; flowery.
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(of a disorder, qualifier:especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
florid psychosis
His visions of their plans and his imminent detention were so florid that the reality, wherein he was unharmed and simply sitting in the cab of the RS-80 and continuing his slow work on the road, was far less plausible.
2019, Dave Eggers, The Parade, N.Y.: Vintage Books, page 107:
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(obsolete) Flourishing; in the bloom of health.
Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more florid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most florid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overflorid · floridity · floridness · floridly · unflorid
Translations (27)
sv blomster- (ornate) · bg цветист (ornate) · fi korusanainen (ornate) · ka მოწითალო (having a rosy colour) · sv prunkande (ornate) · cmn 通紅 /通红 (having a rosy colour) · bg ярък (ornate) · fi punakka (having a rosy colour) · bg зачервен (having a rosy colour) · fi runsaasti koristeltu (ornate) · sv rödlätt (having a rosy colour) · mi kiriwhero (having a rosy colour) · sv blomstrande (having a rosy colour) · cs růžolící (having a rosy colour) · sv blomsterrik (ornate) · cs zdobený (ornate) · sv yppig (ornate) · eo rozkolora (having a rosy colour) · ka ყვავილოვანი (ornate) · sv blomsterprydd (ornate) · sv snirklad (ornate) · sv överlastad (ornate) · sv rödblommig (having a rosy colour) · pl kwiecisty (ornate) · sv grann (ornate) · cs květnatý (ornate) · sv utsirad (ornate)