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floridest

floridest is the superlative form of florid.

Meaning of florid

Adjective

florid (comparative more florid, superlative most florid)

  1. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
    • Red looked up, his florid, freckled face wet with melon, and grinned widely: “You know, fellers, I just don’t know what we’d do without Mr. Flora.” Red was to wind up watermelonless in the U.S. Navy!2000, Frank F[urlong] Mathias, “Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity”, in The GI Generation: A Memoir, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 198
  2. Elaborately ornate; flowery.
  3. (especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
    • florid psychosis
  4. (obsolete) Flourishing; in the bloom of health.
    • Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about floridest

What is floridest the superlative form of?
Floridest is the superlative form of florid.

Words near floridest in the dictionary

  1. florideophyceans
  2. florideophyte
  3. florideophytes
  4. florideous
  5. florides
  6. floridest
  7. Floridia
  8. Floridian
  9. Floridiana
  10. Floridians
  11. Floridiot

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