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Definition of: florid
(flôr′id, flor′-) adjective
1. Having a bright color; of a lively reddish hue.
2. Excessively ornate.
3. Blooming; flowery.
4. Full of ornamental musical phrases. [<L floridus flowery <flos, floris a flower]
—flo·rid·i·ty (flə·rid′ə·te), flor′id·ness noun
—flor′id·ly adverb
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