florid
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈflɔrɪd/
:
sonrosado
- The hematologist, a florid, rotund man, frowned thoughtfully.
- florid face
- florid man
- florid complexion
Examples
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Jenkins was a big man with a wide, florid waistcoat and an old-fashioned watch chain.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old man had a florid complexion, which reflected his years spent gardening in the sun.
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And the wide mouth and short nose in the round, florid face.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tall, too, and topped off with a florid face and a full red beard.
Fiction book (1990) -
The man, in a dinner jacket, has a stern but florid face; his wife has a supercilious bearing.
Fiction book (1992) -
Frank de Beer was a trim, florid-looking man in his thirties.
Fiction book (1998) -
Suddenly a woman's face, fleshy and florid under her surgical cap, was above mine.
Fiction book (1993) -
An outburst of laughter followed, and the smile disappeared from Treadwell's suddenly florid face.
Fiction book (1995) -
"After all, a position on the board isn't hereditary," the florid man grumbled.
Fiction book (2001) -
Jurgen Klip was habitually red-faced and florid, but he now looked as if his head might explode from extremely high blood pressure.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A pink or light red color that shows good health
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5.3
Having a healthy red color, often on the face or cheeks
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2.8
Having pink cheeks that show good health
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9.2
Having healthy rosy cheeks
1
7.6
Having a healthy red color in the cheeks
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2.6
A light pink color like that of a rose
Antonyms
How Rosy
Surface Forms
Morphology
florid = flor + id
Although historically related to 'flower' (as in 'in bloom' → rosy), the meaning 'having a reddish or rosy complexion' is not readily derivable from the modern English base for most learners and thus functions opaquely.
Etymology
Florid comes from the Latin root flor- meaning 'flower', like English flower and floral. Because flowers are bright and often rosy, people used florid to describe a 'rosy' or reddish face, so it now means having a healthy, red color.