[flor.id] adj [L floridus blooming, flowery, fr. florere] (ca. 1656) 1 a obs: covered with flowers b: very flowery in style: ornate "~ prose" "~ declamations"; also: having a florid style "a ~ writer" c: elaborately decorated "a ~ interior"
2. a: tinged with red: ruddy "a ~ complexion" b: marked by emotional or sexual fervor "a ~ secret life" "a ~ sensibility" 3 archaic: healthy
4: fully developed: manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome "the ~ stage of a disease" -- flo.rid.i.ty n -- flor.id.ly adv -- flor.id.ness n