floridness

Example Sentences

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Frau Lichtenfeld shone in a gown of emerald green, fitting so closely as to enhance her natural floridness.

From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Cather, Willa Sibert

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)

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

His rhetoric has been criticized for floridness and sensationalism, but his word pictures held multitudes of people spellbound as in the presence of a master.

From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville