florid

florid
adjective
1) (over-ornate) schwülstig (abwertend); blumig [Stil, Redeweise]
2) (high-coloured) gerötet [Teint]
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flor·id
[ˈflɒrɪd, AM ˈflɔ:r-]
adj
1. (form: ruddy) kräftig rot
\florid complexion kräftig rote [o gesunde] Gesichtsfarbe
2. (fig, usu pej: decorated) überladen; style blumig pej; prose, rhetoric schwülstig, überschwänglich; of music figuriert fachspr
why does he always have to use such \florid rhetoric? warum muss er sich immer so geschwollen ausdrücken?
\florid architectural style überladener [o überreich verzierter] Baustil
3. MED (fig: developed) disease voll ausgeprägt, florid fachspr
a \florid flu eine ausgewachsene Grippe fam
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['flɒrɪd]
adj
1) (usu pej: ornate) language blumig, schwülstig (pej); wallpaper, tie überladen; music, architecture reich verziert
2) (= ruddy) person rotgesichtig; face, complexion gerötet
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florid [ˈflɒrıd; US auch ˈflɑ-] adj (adv floridly)
1. rot:
florid complexion blühende oder frische Gesichtsfarbe
2. überladen:
a) blumig (Redeweise, Stil)
b) ARCH etc übermäßig verziert
3. MUS figuriert, verziert
4. blühend (Gesundheit):
he is of a florid old age er ist für sein (hohes) Alter noch sehr rüstig
5. MED florid, voll entwickelt, stark ausgeprägt (Krankheit)
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adjective
1) (over-ornate) schwülstig (abwertend); blumig [Stil, Redeweise]
2) (high-coloured) gerötet [Teint]

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