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Florid
Pronunciation : Flor"id
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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