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- [flawr-id, flor-]
- /ˈflɔr ɪd, ˈflɒr-/
- /ˈflɒr.ɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flawr-id, flor-]
- /ˈflɔr ɪd, ˈflɒr-/
Definitions of florid word
- adjective florid reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion. 1
- adjective florid flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing. 1
- adjective florid Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers. 1
- noun florid Having a red or flushed complexion. 1
- adjective florid complexion: reddish 1
- adjective florid style: ornate 1
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Origin of florid
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < Latin flōridus, equivalent to flōr(ēre) to bloom (see florescence) + -idus -id4
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Parts of speech for Florid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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florid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
florid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for florid
adj florid
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- sonorous — giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
- ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
adjective florid
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- showy — making an imposing display: showy flowers.
- rococo — a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
noun florid
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- garnet — Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
- fuchsia — a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
- claret — Claret is a type of French red wine.
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
Antonyms for florid
adj florid
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
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