Thursday, September 18, 2008

FLORID

flowery, fancy

reddish

/elaborately or excessively ornamented

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

marked by emotional or sexual fervor
"a florid secret life"

"a florid sensibility"


SYN - sanguine

"He had come back from Alaska with florid complexion."

"She always made it a point to make florid gift baskets for each occassion like this."

"There were rather florid costumes, which i think in the end took away from the rest of the play."

"No matter how hard they tried, or how much their marraiges depended on it, they could not get this florid encounter out of their mind."

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