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单词 florid
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floridadj.

Brit. /ˈflɒrɪd/, U.S. /ˈflɔrᵻd/, /ˈflɑrᵻd/
Etymology: < (directly or through French floride , Cotgrave in sense 6) Latin flōridus (related to flōrēre to bloom: see -id suffix1), < flōr-, flōs flower.
1.
a. Blooming with flowers; abounding in or covered with flowers; flowery. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom
blossomedc1374
blossomyc1374
flowereda1375
floweryc1374
flourishingc1400
blossoming1430
bloomed1508
blooming1587
florulent1592
bloomy?1606
floweringa1616
florid1656
floriferous1656
flosculous1656
florent1719
posied1731
emblossomed1766
phaenogamous1805
phaenogamic1808
phanerogamous1816
florescent1821
phaenogamian1828
phanerogamic1830
ablow1838
flowerful1848
floreal1852
floreted1856
blossom-laden1867
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Florid, garnished with flowers.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 90 The ambient Aire wide interfus'd Imbracing round this florid Earth. View more context for this quotation
b. Consisting of flowers, floral.
ΚΠ
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. iv. sig. R4 Those, who are wont to make Fires..have generally displac'd the florid, and the verdent Ornaments of their Chimneys.
1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 70 Bring here the florid glories of the Spring.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 91 Florid and purely ornamental Garlands..are of more free election.
2. figurative. Profusely adorned as with flowers; elaborately or luxuriantly ornate. Often in somewhat disparaging sense: Excessively ornate.
a. Of composition, speech, etc.: Abounding in ornaments or flowers of rhetoric; full of fine words and phrases; flowery.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective]
overwrittenOE
flourished1303
orne?a1425
ornatea1450
purpuratec1475
gallant1484
flourishinga1552
gorgeous1561
coloured1571
flowerya1616
ornated1630
flosculent1646
luscious1651
chromatic1652
romantic1653
gaudy1655
florid1656
blooming1685
bloomy1685
dressy1713
colouring1807
colorific1812
emblazoned1813
embroidered1868
purple1941
1656 A. Cowley Pindaric Odes Notes in Wks. (1710) I. 238 Apollo is..the God of Poetry, and all kind of Florid Learning.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 131 He made a very florid speech.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶3 The Expressions are more florid and elaborate.
1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lxi. 17 Several of the poems..are florid to excess.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 206 He possessed that flow of natural, and somewhat florid eloquence, which, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1878 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. 6 The florid and declamatory style of youth.
b. Of a person or his attributes: Addicted to the use of flowery language or rhetorical ornament.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > ornamental > using ornate style
flourishinga1552
varnished1607
florid1671
1671 T. Gumble Life Gen. Monck Ep. Ded. This Subject required a..more florid Pen than mine.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 164 He took holy orders..and became a florid Preacher.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 313 In florid Impotence he speaks.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) 211 A copious and florid writer.
c. Of attire, manners, methods of procedure, etc.: Highly ornate; showy, ostentatious.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xi. 215 Whole years of..florid and unnatural patronage.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 231 A florid apparel becomes some men, as simple raiment suits others.
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 89 The ritual is altogether of a more florid character.
3. spec. in technical use.
a. Music. (See quots. 1876, 1879.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [adjective] > florid
figurate1708
figurative1744
coloured1853
florid1876
melismatic1877
figured1879
figural1938
1708 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum (ed. 2) I Descant, Figurate or Florid Descant, is that wherein Discords are concerned, as well (though not so much) as concords.
1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 77 Florid Descant and Counterpoint.
1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 83* Our florid-song..is not always sufficiently subservient to poetry.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ix. 49 Vary the accompaniments by introducing more florid figures.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 171/2 Florid counterpoint, a counterpoint not confined to any special species, but in which notes of various lengths are used.
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music Florid. Music in rapid figures, divisions, or passages, the stem of the simple melody bursting forth, as it were, into leaves and flowers.
b. Architecture. Enriched with decorative details.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles
florida1706
massive1723
rounded1757
round-arched1782
castellar1789
baronial1807
rational1813
English colonial1817
massy1817
transitional1817
Scottish Baronial1829
rococo1830
flamboyant1832
Scotch Baronial1833
Churrigueresque1845
Russo-Byzantine1845
soaring1849
trenchant1849
vernacular1857
Scots Baronial1864
baroque1867
Perp.1867
rayonnant1873
Dutch colonial1876
Neo-Grec1878
rococoesque1885
Richardsonian1887
federal1894
organic1896
confectionery1897
European-style1907
postmodern1916
Lutyens1921
modern1927
moderne1928
functionalist1930
Williamsburg1931
Colonial Revival1934
packing case1935
Corbusian1936
lavatorial1936
pseudish1938
Adamesque1942
rationalist1952
Miesian1956
open-planned1958
Lutyensesque1961
façade1962
Odeon1964
high-tech1979
Populuxe1986
a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 56 How odly would..the spruce and florid Corinthian [become] a Tuscan Entablature.
1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 151 The next [style] is often called florid, as if it were richer in ornament.
1838 J. Murray Handbk. N. Ger. 111 The exterior, in the most elegant florid Gothic.
1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 526 A florid style of Jacobean architecture.
4. Of blooming appearance; strikingly beautiful or attractive; brilliant. Of colour: Bright, resplendent. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective]
smickerc725
faireOE
lieflyOE
sheenOE
wenlichc1000
wlitic1000
lovesomec1175
lustya1240
flourisheda1375
lovelya1400
weenc1400
beauteous1435
beautifulc1443
finec1450
pulchriousa1500
speciousa1513
shanda1525
speciosea1525
pulchrousc1540
bonny1580
beauty1598
lovelike1621
killing1634
florid1642
beautied1830
stunning1849
fairsome1862
pulchritudinous1877
beaut1894
loverly1907
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective]
orgulousa1450
splendidious?a1475
splendiferousa1500
splendent1517
transplendent1557
splendant1590
splendorous1604
splendidous1607
splendious1609
florid1642
splendid1815
splendescent1848
many-splendoured1859
nifty1865
ducky1897
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > vivid or bright
brightOE
skirea1400
livelyc1425
quickc1425
freshlyc1426
flamingc1450
vive1591
florid1642
vivid1665
hot1673
living1699
aurorean1880
vibrant1971
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G7 Slight proofs cannot well fit In so great cause, nor phansies florid wile.
1664 J. Bulteel Birinthea 133 The bewitching appearance of a florid beauty.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 58 It gave the skin so florid a whiteness, that, [etc.]
1725 Bp. J. Butler Serm. vi. 113 Florid and gaudy Prospects and Expectations.
1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. viii. 140 The weeping-willow and every florid shrub,..are new tints in the composition of our gardens.
5.
a. Of the complexion (or the colour of a part of the body): Rosy or ruddy, flushed with red.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective]
redOE
ruddya1300
red-faced1579
cherry-cheeked1586
rose-cheeked1593
red-cheeked1602
murrey1623
florid1650
sanguine1684
sanguine-complexioned1692
apple-faced1781
apple-cheeked1827
pippin-faced1836
lobsterish1914
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. §4. 101 When it [our beauty] is most florid and gay, three fits of an ague can change it into yellowness.
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 118 Of a very florid clear Complexion.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 60 High florid Colour in the Cheeks.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xlviii. 45 His complexion was fair and florid.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 155 The gums..became florid on the third day.
1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 57 A decidedly handsome man with a florid face.
b. Of the blood: Bright red (i.e. arterial).
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective] > red
redOE
purple1590
florid1638
red-blooded1794
laky1898
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 434 The Lively and Floride Bloud of the small Arteries.
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 56 The Qualities of the Blood in a healthy State are to be florid when let out of the Vessel.
1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) ii. 39 A florid blood must have been always circulating between the lungs and the left side of the heart.
6. Flourishing, lively, vigorous; in the bloom of health. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > thriving
well-likingc1350
well-thrivena1400
in seasonc1400
flowerya1420
thriftyc1440
valent1492
wealthya1538
vegetous1610
vegete1639
thriving1647
florid1656
grush1786
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 76 Like snow in summer, falling on green and florid trees.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 31 The circulation of the blood and humours become thereby more florid.
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 13 Mar. 1/1 I..attribute the florid Old Age I now enjoy, to my constant Morning Walks up Hedington-Hill.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1096 With florid joy her heart dilating glows.
1748 D. Hume Enq. Human Understanding i. 10 Bodies..endow'd with vigorous and florid Health.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. ix. 128 Wilhelmina, formerly almost too florid, is gone to a shadow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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