florid
excessively ornate or elaborate in style
Word origin: From Latin floridus, flowery, from flos, flower.
Florid in a sentence
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The novel's florid prose grew tiresome after the first few chapters.
The critic faulted the novel's florid prose, arguing that its ornamental excess buried any real feeling.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.
Using “florid” well
Applied to style, florid means excessively ornate or flowery; applied to complexion, it means flushed and ruddy. The GRE almost always tests the stylistic sense, which carries a mildly disapproving tone.
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to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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