— called also dog tick
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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarycentor variabilis) especially of dogs and humans that is an important vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryFirst Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined aboveflorid
Definition
- : very flowery in style : ornate //florid prose //florid declamationsalso : having a florid style //a florid writer: elaborately decorated //a florid interiorobsolete : covered with flowers
- : tinged with red : ruddy //a florid complexion: marked by emotional or sexual fervor //a florid secret life //a florid sensibility
- : fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome //the florid stage of a disease
- archaic : healthy
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bedizened fussy gingerbread gingerbreaded gingerbready ornate overdecorated overwroughtAntonyms
austere plain severe stark unadornedExamples
- //a florid, gilded mirror that took up most of the wall
- //gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Latin flōridus "abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric)," adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to flōrēre "to bloom" — more at florescenceflorid
adjective
— called also dog tick
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined aboveflorid
Definition
- : very flowery in style : ornate //florid prose //florid declamationsalso : having a florid style //a florid writer: elaborately decorated //a florid interiorobsolete : covered with flowers
- : tinged with red : ruddy //a florid complexion: marked by emotional or sexual fervor //a florid secret life //a florid sensibility
- : fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome //the florid stage of a disease
- archaic : healthy
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bedizened fussy gingerbread gingerbreaded gingerbready ornate overdecorated overwroughtAntonyms
austere plain severe stark unadornedExamples
- //a florid, gilded mirror that took up most of the wall
- //gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Latin flōridus "abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric)," adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to flōrēre "to bloom" — more at florescenceflorid
adjective
— called also dog tick
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined aboveflorid
Definition
- : very flowery in style : ornate //florid prose //florid declamationsalso : having a florid style //a florid writer: elaborately decorated //a florid interiorobsolete : covered with flowers
- : tinged with red : ruddy //a florid complexion: marked by emotional or sexual fervor //a florid secret life //a florid sensibility
- : fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome //the florid stage of a disease
- archaic : healthy
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bedizened fussy gingerbread gingerbreaded gingerbready ornate overdecorated overwroughtAntonyms
austere plain severe stark unadornedExamples
- //a florid, gilded mirror that took up most of the wall
- //gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Latin flōridus "abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric)," adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to flōrēre "to bloom" — more at florescenceflorid
adjective
— called also dog tick
First Known Use
1902, in the meaning defined aboveflorid
Definition
- : very flowery in style : ornate //florid prose //florid declamationsalso : having a florid style //a florid writer: elaborately decorated //a florid interiorobsolete : covered with flowers
- : tinged with red : ruddy //a florid complexion: marked by emotional or sexual fervor //a florid secret life //a florid sensibility
- : fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome //the florid stage of a disease
- archaic : healthy
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
bedizened fussy gingerbread gingerbreaded gingerbready ornate overdecorated overwroughtAntonyms
austere plain severe stark unadornedExamples
- //a florid, gilded mirror that took up most of the wall
- //gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1cHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Latin flōridus "abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric)," adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to flōrēre "to bloom" — more at florescenceflorid
adjective