Florid– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘florid’.

The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information to the noun and the sentence.

No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

It means:
1. Very elaborate
2. Having a red or flushed complexion
3. Excessively intricate or elaborate
4. Ruddy

1. On his florid, dbonnair countenance was stamped his character of bon-viveur.
2. He was a corpulent, florid man, purse-proud, and self-sufficient.
3. His face was smooth, full and florid, the hue rather suggestive.
4. The oration was, in the style of the day, florid; but it was full of genuine feeling.
5. His face was florid and freckled, and his hair and complexion, like his name, were sandy

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
ruddy,red, red-faced, reddish, rosy, rosy-cheeked, pink, pinkish, roseate
rubicund, healthy-looking, glowing, fresh, flushed, blushing, high-coloured, blowsy, sanguine, erubescent, rubescent, ornate, fancy, very elaborate, over-elaborate, embellished, curlicued, extravagant, flamboyant, baroque, rococo, fussy, busy, ostentatious, showy, wedding-cake, gingerbread, flowery, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent, orotund, rhetorical, oratorical, bombastic, laboured, strained, overwrought, elaborate, overblown, overripe, overdone, convoluted, turgid, inflated, highfalutin, purple, tumid, pleonastic, euphuistic, aureate, Ossianic, fustian, hyperventilated, etc.

Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
plain, inelaborate, natural, pale, pallid, undecorated, unornate
white, etc.