Florid

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Florid (literally "flowery") is a word with several usages including:[1][2]

  • Having a rosy complexion, ruddy
  • Excessively intricate, elaborately ornate or complicated, highly oramented (of music, art, textiles, etc.)
  • (Of speech) Using very flowery speech with fine words and elaborate construction. See Johnsonese
  • (In medicine) Occurring in an abundant or highly developed form, e.g. a florid bacterial growth.

Florid may also refer to :

It can be a misspelling of Florida

[edit] References

  1. ^ Google [1]
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary (2nd Ed. 1989)
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