floridness

Example Sentences

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It was in accordance with his floridness that he always retained the gold band about his cigar while he smoked it.

From Running Water by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

In the hot summer light his floridness seemed heavy and bloated, and but for his erect square-shouldered walk he would have looked like an over-fed and over-dressed old man.

From The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith

He was short and thick-set, young, quite fair, inclined already to floridness of skin.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney

It was well that Mrs. Dangerfield kept Captain Baster waiting; it gave the purple tinge, which was heightening his floridness somewhat painfully, time to fade.

From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar

Ornament -- N. ornament; floridness c†. adj.. turgidity, turgescence†; altiloquence &c. adj.†; declamation, teratology†; well-rounded periods; elegance &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark