florid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: florid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for florid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
florid adj elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" Synonym(s): aureate, florid, flamboyant inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" Synonym(s): rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --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.