florid

Etymology

From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida.

adj

  1. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
  2. Elaborately ornate; flowery.
  3. (of a disorder, especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
    florid psychosis
    His visions of their plans and his imminent detention were so florid that the reality, wherein he was unharmed and simply sitting in the cab of the RS-80 and continuing his slow work on the road, was far less plausible. 2019, Dave Eggers, The Parade, N.Y.: Vintage Books, page 107
  4. (obsolete) Flourishing; in the bloom of health.

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