florid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite elaborately or excessively ornamented
    aureate; flamboyant.
    • flamboyant handwriting
    • the senator's florid speech
  2. adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
    rubicund; sanguine; ruddy.
    • a ruddy complexion
    • Santa's rubicund cheeks
    • a fresh and sanguine complexion

WordNet

Flor"id adjective
Etymology
L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.
Definitions
  1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. R.
    Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.
  2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
  3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
  4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

Webster 1913