florid
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- flushed, blowsy, high-coloured, rubicund, ruddy
- flowery, baroque, flamboyant, fussy, high-flown, ornate, overelaborate

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Antonyms: pallid
Contrasted words: bald, bare, barren, austere, unadorned
Related Words: ostentatious, pretentious, showy

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flor‧id /ˈflɒrəd, ˈflɒrɪd $ ˈflɔː-, ˈflɑː-/ adjective literary
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: floridus 'flowering', from flos; ⇒ flora]

1. a florid face is red in colour:
a middle-aged man with a florid complexion

2. florid language, music, or art has a lot of extra unnecessary details or decorations:
a book written in a very florid style

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