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- flo|rid<aus lat. floridus »blühend«>voll entwickelt, stark ausgeprägt, rasch fortschreitend (von Krankheiten; Med.).
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Florid — Flor id, a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}.] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] [1913 Webster] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Bright in color; flushed with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
florid — FLORÍD, Ă, florizi, de, adj. (Despre boli) Care este în plină evoluţie. – Din lat. floridus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 14.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 floríd adj. m., pl. florízi; f. sg. florídă, pl … Dicționar Român
florid — [flôr′id, flär′id] adj. [L floridus, flowery < flos, a FLOWER] 1. flushed with red or pink; rosy; ruddy: said of the complexion 2. highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate [a florid musical passage] 3. Obs. decorated with flowers; flowery… … English World dictionary
florid — [adj1] very elaborate aureate, baroque, busy, decorative, embellished, euphuistic, figurative, flamboyant, flowery, fussy, garnished, grandiloquent, high flown, luscious, magniloquent, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, overblown, pretentious,… … New thesaurus
florid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a red or flushed complexion. 2) elaborately or excessively ornate or intricate: florid prose. DERIVATIVES floridity noun floridly adverb floridness noun. ORIGIN Latin floridus, from flos flower … English terms dictionary
Florīd — (v. lat.), blühend, blumig … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Florīd — (lat.), blühend, blumenreich, in voller Entwickelung begriffen (auch von Krankheiten); Floridität, blühender Zustand, Blumenreichtum … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Florid — Florid, lat. deutsch, blumig, blumenreich … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
florid — (adj.) 1640s, strikingly beautiful, from Fr. floride flourishing, from L. floridus flowery, in bloom, from flos flower (see FLORA (Cf. flora)). Sense of ruddy is first recorded 1640s. Meaning profusely adorned, as with flowers, is from 1650s.… … Etymology dictionary
florid — *ornate, flamboyant, rococo, baroque Analogous words: aureate, flowery, euphuistic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical, bombastic: sumptuous, luxurious, opulent: *showy, ostentatious, pretentious Antonyms: chaste (in style, decoration)… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
florid — adjective Etymology: Latin floridus blooming, flowery, from florēre Date: 1651 1. a. obsolete covered with flowers b. very flowery in style ; ornate < florid prose > < florid declamations >; … New Collegiate Dictionary
