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[ US /ˈfɫɔɹəd/ ]
[ UK /flˈɒɹɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
    a ruddy complexion
    a fresh and sanguine complexion
    Santa's rubicund cheeks
  2. elaborately or excessively ornamented
    flamboyant handwriting
    the senator's florid speech

How To Use florid In A Sentence

  • After only a few minutes my normally florid complexion had begun to resemble Florida. Times, Sunday Times
  • In Florida, cruel men shoot the mother bird. on their nests while they are rearing their young. because their plumage is prettiest at that time. Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
  • She also finds homes for elderly brood dogs from farms in Florida.
  • What was the State of Florida doing to these poor, dumb animals?
  • I would strongly suggest to Mr. Greer that he keep his fascist-indoctrinated, ritalin-sotted brats away from my children in Florida's socialist (public) schools. Florida GOP chair: Obama trying to 'indoctrinate' children
  • The hurricane wreaked terrible damage on the east coast, at Miami and the Florida Keys.
  • The herstory of the battered women's movement in Florida is a cautionary tale.
  • Cheaper jet fuel means we save money by flying to Florida with enough go-juice to make it both ways. Undefined
  • Our trip from Florida to Pennsylvania to attend the Cairn Terrier Specialty Dog Show, was one long series of mishaps, turned into hilarious memories.
  • It's a mistake to think of Florida only in terms of its tourist attractions.
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