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 A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Davies and Risk, when called to supper, smelled strongly of rose-scented cold-cream; and Lund was unsparing in sarcastic remarks on the extreme floridness of complexion of the entire party.
From Adrift in the Ice-Fields by Charles W. Hall
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 Edith Wharton
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 Peter Mark Roget
The nave, the choir and chevet, and chapels, are all of a bareness which only exaggerates the floridness of these other appendages.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by Blanche McManus
