Florid ,
a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]- Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
1913 Webster
Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree.
Jer. Taylor.
1913 Webster
- Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
1913 Webster
- Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
1913 Webster
- (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
1913 Webster