Definitions for florid

florid flor·id

Spelling: [flawr-id, flor-]
IPA: /ˈflɔr ɪd, ˈflɒr-/

Florid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in florid (dfilor).

Definitions for florid

adjective

  1. reddish; ruddy; rosy:
  2. flowery; excessively ornate; showy:
  3. Obsolete. abounding in or consisting of flowers.

Origin of florid

1635-45; Latin flōridus, equivalent to flōr(ēre) to bloom (see florescence) + -idus -id4

Examples for florid

Her florid face was beaded with perspiration as a result of her efforts.

He was a corpulent, florid man, purse-proud, and self-sufficient.

On his florid, dbonnair countenance was stamped his character of bon-viveur.

He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.

In the corridor we were joined by Peggy and the florid young man whom I had seen with her.

The florid brushwork of a Constable gets hypertrophied in Freud, into a kind of gross exaggeration of what unleashed paint can do.

The florid gentleman's tone and manner were mollifying in the extreme.

There are Halo novels, miniseries, and reams of florid fan-fiction.

Laurent, who was tall and robust, with a florid complexion, astonished her.

His face was smooth, full and florid, the hue rather suggestive.

Word Value for florid
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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