floridness
Example Sentences
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The old, worn, faded, carefully polished furniture, for the most part of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, seemed abashed in the presence of his floridness.
From The Terrible Twins by Edgar Jepson
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
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
Vasilisa Vasena came every morning at seven o'clock; she was a country-woman of about thirty seven, strong, healthy, red-faced, reminiscent of a July day in her floridness and vigorous health.
From Tales of the Wilderness by Boris Pilniak
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
