The meaning of Florid

adjective

Relating to or denoting a style of european architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail. in architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of versailles and by the work of wren in england. major composers include vivaldi, bach, and handel; caravaggio and rubens are important baroque artists.

Usage examples:

Early eighteenth century baroque composer vivaldi was a trained priest who had music in his heart.

noun

The baroque style or period.

Usage examples:

The interior of the church is in lavish baroque

adjective

Relating to the highly decorated style in buildings, art, and music that was popular in europe in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century

Usage examples:

Baroque architecture

adjective

Coarse, untidy, and red-faced (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

The cheap perfume worn by the blowsy woman

adjective

A blowsy woman is rather fat and looks untidy, often with badly fitting clothes.

adjective

Red in the face from shyness, embarrassment, or shame.

Usage examples:

I'm no blushing adolescent giggling at the mere mention of a four-letter word

noun

The action of becoming red in the face from shyness, embarrassment, or shame.

Usage examples:

Blushing can't be faked, which makes it an excellent and trustworthy signal

verb

Show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face.

Usage examples:

She blushed at the unexpected compliment

adjective

Having a great deal to do.

Usage examples:

He had been too busy to enjoy himself

verb

Keep oneself occupied.

Usage examples:

She busied herself with her new home

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

I was picked up by the busies for possession

adjective

Having decorative curls or twists.

Usage examples:

A page of elaborately curlicued and unintelligible script

verb

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Usage examples:

Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

verb

Past simple and past participle of embellish

Usage examples:

The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves., he couldn't resist embellishing the story of …

adjective

Reddening; blushing.

Usage examples:

Sharazon ran a hand over kira's cheek, feeling her erubescent gaze seeing into his very soul.

adjective

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

Usage examples:

It was rather extravagant to buy both

adjective

More expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive

Usage examples:

Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle., top athletes are showered with extravagant gi…

adjective

Spending or costing a lot of money

Usage examples:

Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.

Usage examples:

The band's flamboyant lead singer

noun

A madagascan tree with bright red flowers and leaves composed of numerous leaflets, planted as a street tree in the tropics.

Usage examples:

They're over now and it seems to be the turn of exotics; bauhinias are out and flamboyants will be …

adjective

Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

Usage examples:

A flowery meadow

adjective

Covered with pictures of flowers

Usage examples:

A flowery blouse

adjective

(of a person's skin) red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

Her flushed cheeks

verb

(of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

Rachel flushed angrily

verb

Fill in (a joint) level with a surface.

adjective

(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

Usage examples:

Fresh fruit

adverb

Newly; recently.

Usage examples:

Fresh-baked bread

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested

adjective

Fastidious about one's needs or requirements; hard to please.

Usage examples:

He is very fussy about what he eats

adjective

Not easily satisfied or pleased; worried or careful about unimportant details

Usage examples:

She’s really fussy about who she goes out with., kevin’s a fussy eater., my new dress is sophistica…

noun

Cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.

Usage examples:

The castle's chefs are also responsible for the coffee shop fare - look out for fruit cakes, ginger…

noun

A type of cake or cookie that contains ginger

Usage examples:

A gingerbread man (= a spicy gingerbread cookie shaped like a person)

adjective

Expressing great praise.

Usage examples:

He received a glowing report from his teachers

verb

Give out steady light without flame.

Usage examples:

The tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark

adjective

Full of enthusiastic praise

Usage examples:

Glowing reviews, a glowing evaluation

adjective

High-flown language, ideas, or behaviour is meant to make you admire someone.

adjective

Elaborately or highly decorated.

Usage examples:

An ornate wrought-iron railing

adjective

Having a lot of decoration

Usage examples:

Ornate jewelry/buildings

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

Usage examples:

A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

Usage examples:

Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

The book is spoiled by over-elaborate writing., he refused most of the overelaborate meal, saying t…

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon.

Usage examples:

Bright pink lipstick

noun

Pink colour, pigment, or material.

Usage examples:

Soft pastel shades of pink and blue

verb

Become pink.

Usage examples:

Cheryl's cheeks pinked with sudden excitement

adjective

Slightly pink in colour

Usage examples:

A pinkish blue

adjective

Of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.

Usage examples:

Her red lips

noun

Red colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Their work is marked in red by the teacher

prefix

Variant spelling of re- before a vowel (as in redolent ).

adjective

Having a red tinge; slightly red.

Usage examples:

The leaves turn reddish brown

adjective

Denoting furniture or architecture characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.

Usage examples:

A rococo carved gilt mirror

noun

The rococo style of art, decoration, or architecture.

Usage examples:

Rococo is alive and living in our hearts

adjective

Relating to the very decorated and detailed style in buildings, art, and furniture that was popular in europe in the 18th century

Usage examples:

The collection is known mainly as a treasure-house of the french rococo., rococo remained popular i…

adjective

Rose-coloured.

Usage examples:

The early, roseate light

adjective

Pink

adjective

(especially of a person's skin) coloured like a pink or red rose, typically as an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

The memory had the power to make her cheeks turn rosy

suffix

Having red cheeks

adjective

Reddening; blushing.

Usage examples:

The heart, rubescent and entire

adjective

(especially of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion.

Usage examples:

He was more than a little rubicund

adjective

Having a red face

adjective

(of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.

Usage examples:

A cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

Usage examples:

Young people today, they're a ruddy shower

adjective

(of a white person’s skin) having a red color, often suggesting good health

Usage examples:

A ruddy-cheeked girl

adjective

Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Usage examples:

He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy

noun

A blood-red colour.

Usage examples:

Most artists who have done much life drawing are familiar with sanguine, usually as a color of cont…

adjective

(of someone or someone's character) positive and hopeful

Usage examples:

Some people expect the economy to continue to improve, but others are less sanguine.

adjective

Having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious.

Usage examples:

Showy flowers

noun

A cake that is attractively decorated, usually with white icing, and consisting of more than one layer, made to celebrate a wedding

Usage examples:

They had a huge, four-tier wedding cake, with a model of the bride and groom on top., rather than t…