- (a.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
- (a.) Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
- (a.) Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
- (a.) Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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