That is or has been overwritten (in various senses of the verb). Also in quot. OE as n.: †a superscription (obsolete).

Of words: Of a flowery character; rhetorically arranged. Obsolete.

Ornate.

Of literary or oratorical style: embellished with flowery language or rhetoric; elaborate; extravagant.

Of language or rhetoric: rich; elaborate, ornate. Cf. purple, adj. 3. Now rare.

Of language: Full of showy expressions, ornate, specious. Obsolete.

Of style, etc.: Florid, highly embellished, grandiloquent, high sounding. Also of a writer: Addicted to floridness.

Adorned with rich or brilliant colours; sumptuously gay or splendid; showy, magnificent. transferred esp. of phraseology and literary colouring; r…

Of literary style or a piece of writing: full of poetic or rhetorical ornament; florid, ornate; expressive, vivid. Frequently with modifying…

Abounding in flowers of speech; full of fine words and showy expressions, florid.

Ornamented; adorned; embellished.

Of speech or a speaker: Flowery.

Of immaterial things, esp. of language or literary style: Sweet and highly pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind. Chiefly in unfavourable use, implying…

Apparently transl. Greek χρωματικός, ‘in Rhetoric, florid, elaborate, artificial’ (Liddell & Scott).

Of language, style, etc.: suitable for a romance; esp. overblown, euphuistic, flowery. Now rare.

said of immaterial things; esp. of diction, etc.; hence of a speaker or writer.

figurative. Profusely adorned as with flowers; elaborately or luxuriantly ornate. Often in somewhat… Of composition, speech, etc.: Abounding in…

figurative. Of style: Florid, flowery. Obsolete.

Of language: Flowery, florid. Obsolete.

Of a thing: excessively elaborate; ostentatious, showy, calculated to attract attention.

That colours something (in various senses); that imparts colour (literal and figurative).

figurative. Of language or literary style: full of or characterized by elaborate embellishments; ornate, flowery; (also) highly expressive…

Decorated with armorial devices or bearings; gorgeously adorned.

transferred and figurative.

figurative. Characterized by richness or abundance; splendid, glorious; (of emotion) deeply felt or extravagantly expressed; (of literary…