florid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.

   Florid psychosis.

2. 2
   adj

   Flourishing; in the bloom of health.

   Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him.

3. 3
   adj

   inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

4. 4
   adj

   elaborately or excessively ornamented

Common collocations

• florid speech Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s Proto-Italic *flōs Latin flos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eo Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.

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