florid
adjUK /ˈflɒɹɪd/ · CA, US /ˈfloɹɪd/
Etymology From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.
1
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
2
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
3
Of a disorder In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
Especially mental
- florid psychosis
- His visions of their plans and his imminent detention were so florid that the reality, wherein he was unharmed and simply sitting in the cab of the RS-80 and continuing his slow work on the road, was far less plausible.2019, Dave Eggers, The Parade, N.Y.: Vintage Books, page 107:
4
Obsolete Flourishing; in the bloom of health.
- Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- floridity, floridly, floridness, overflorid, unflorid