florid
英 ['flɒrɪd]
美['flɔrɪd]
- adj. 绚丽的；气色好的
助记提示
florid 华丽的，炫耀的，红润的 “富丽堂皇的佛罗里达”
中文词源
florid 红润的
来自词根flor, 花，词源同flower. 即像花一样的，形容脸色红润的。
英文词源
- florid
- florid: see flower
- florid (adj.)
- 1640s, "strikingly beautiful," from French floride "flourishing," from Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom," from flos "flower" (see flora). Sense of "ruddy" is first recorded 1640s. Meaning "highly decorated, profusely adorned (as with flowers)" is from 1650s. Related: Floridly.