Definition of Florid

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Florid

Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.

Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.

Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

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Florid Translations

florid in French is florissant
florid in Spanish is florido, prospero

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