A Word A Day — florid
- florid
-
- \FLOR-id\
- DEFINITION
adjective
1
:
very flowery in style
:
ornate;
also
:
having a florid style
2
a
:
tinged with red
:
ruddy
b
:
marked by emotional or sexual fervor
3
:
fully developed
:
manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome
- EXAMPLES
Jimmy mopped his
florid
face and struggled to continue delivering his speech despite the overwhelming heat in the auditorium.
“On Thursday afternoon, peacocking judge Steven Tyler announced his departure after two years with a
florid
statement about going back to his first love, Aerosmith.” — From an article by Gil Kaufman at mtv.com, July 13, 2012
From Merriam-Webster Online at www.Merriam-Webster.com.
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