florid

Other forms of florid

comparative

floridder·

superlative

floriddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about florid

What does florid mean?

florid means "elaborately or excessively ornamented". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in florid?

florid has 2 syllables: flo-rid. The stress falls on "flo". In IPA it is /ˈflɔɹəd/.

What is another word for florid?

Close synonyms include aureate, flamboyant, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is florid a common word?

florid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.