单词 | florid |
释义 | floridadj. 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1638 |
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