adj
Meaning 1
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
florid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹɪd/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈfloɹɪd/
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New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈflɑɹɪd/
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rhymes with -ɒɹɪd
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adj
Meaning 2
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially mental
Examples
- florid psychosis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Flourishing; in the bloom of health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a ruddy complexion
- Santa's rubicund cheeks
- a fresh and sanguine complexion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rubicund, ruddy, sanguine
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
elaborately or excessively ornamented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- flamboyant handwriting
- the senator's florid speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aureate, flamboyant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зачервен (začerven) — having a rosy colour
- Chinese Mandarin: 通紅 /通红 (tōnghóng) — having a rosy colour
- Czech: růžolící — having a rosy colour
- Esperanto: rozkolora — having a rosy colour
- Finnish: punakka — having a rosy colour
- Georgian: მოწითალო (moc̣italo) — having a rosy colour
- Māori: kiriwhero — having a rosy colour
- Swedish: rödlätt — having a rosy colour
- Swedish: rödblommig — having a rosy colour
- Swedish: blomstrande — having a rosy colour
- Bulgarian: цветист (cvetist) — ornate
- Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) — ornate
- Czech: květnatý — ornate
- Czech: zdobený — ornate
- Finnish: korusanainen — ornate
- Finnish: runsaasti koristeltu — ornate
- Georgian: ყვავილოვანი (q̇vavilovani) — ornate
- Polish: kwiecisty — ornate
- Swedish: blomster- — ornate
- Swedish: blomsterprydd — ornate
- Swedish: blomsterrik — ornate
- Swedish: grann — ornate
- Swedish: prunkande — ornate
- Swedish: utsirad — ornate
- Swedish: snirklad — ornate
- Swedish: yppig — ornate
- Swedish: överlastad — ornate