floridness

  • 11floridity — noun extravagant elaborateness he wrote with great flamboyance • Syn: ↑flamboyance, ↑floridness, ↑showiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑showy (for: ↑showiness), ↑ …

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  • 12showiness — noun extravagant elaborateness he wrote with great flamboyance • Syn: ↑flamboyance, ↑floridness, ↑floridity • Derivationally related forms: ↑showy, ↑florid (for: ↑ …

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  • 13Floridity — Flo*rid i*ty, n. The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14florid — adjective Etymology: Latin floridus blooming, flowery, from florēre Date: 1651 1. a. obsolete covered with flowers b. very flowery in style ; ornate < florid prose > < florid declamations >; …

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  • 15florid — floridity /flaw rid i tee, fleuh /, floridness, n. floridly, adv. /flawr id, flor /, adj. 1. reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion. 2. flowery; excessively ornate; showy: florid writing. 3. Obs. abounding in or consisting of flowers. [1635&#8230; …

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  • 16bombast — I noun affectation, boastfulness, boasting, braggery, chatter, declamation, diatribe, embellishment, empty talk, enlargement, euphemism, exaggeration, expansion, flatulence, floridness, fustian, garnishing, grandiloquence, grandiosity, harangue,&#8230; …

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  • 17adornment — Synonyms and related words: adjunct, arrangement, beauties, beautification, beauty treatment, color, color patterns, colors, colors of rhetoric, decor, decoration, elaboration, elegant variation, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry,&#8230; …

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  • 18arabesque — Synonyms and related words: acciaccatura, appoggiatura, baroque, baroqueness, basketry, basketwork, cadence, cadenza, cancellation, chinoiserie, coloratura, cross hatching, crossing out, division, elaborateness, elegance, embellishment, fanciness …

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  • 19chinoiserie — Synonyms and related words: arabesque, baroque, baroqueness, elaborateness, elegance, fanciness, fineness, flamboyance, floridity, floridness, floweriness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, moresque, ostentation, overelaborateness, overelegance,&#8230; …

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  • 20color — Synonyms and related words: Adrianople red, Alice blue, Arabian red, Argos brown, Bordeaux, Brunswick black, Brunswick blue, Burgundy, Capri blue, Cassel yellow, Chinese blue, Chinese white, Claude tint, Cologne brown, Columbian red, Congo rubine …

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