noun
Meaning 1
The property of being florid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
floridity
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
Something florid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
extravagant elaborateness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he wrote with great flamboyance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flamboyance, floridness, showiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ornateness, elaborateness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English floridity From florid + -ity.