florid
pronunciation
How to pronounce florid in British English:
UK [ˈflɒrɪd]
How to pronounce florid in American English:
US [ˈflɔrɪd]
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- Adjective:
- elaborately or excessively ornamented
Word Origin
- florid
- florid: see flower
- florid (adj.)
- 1640s, "strikingly beautiful," from French floride "flourishing," from Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom," from flos "flower" (see flora). Sense of "ruddy" is first recorded 1640s. Meaning "highly decorated, profusely adorned (as with flowers)" is from 1650s. Related: Floridly.
Example
- 1. Florid scenery of city line chongqing street corner beautiful woman .
- 2. Nobody likes this florid style with little content .
- 3. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother , a coast aristocrat of french descent , and the heavy ones of her florid irish father .
- 4. The sun draw the sky so florid .
- 5. Take a look at these florid flowers and plants vividly what .