floridnessn.
/ˈflɒrᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈflɔrᵻdnᵻs/, /ˈflɑrᵻdnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being florid; exuberant freshness or liveliness, brightness of ruddy hue; lavishness of ornamentation.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freshness or vigour
frikenessc1440
dewiness1638
floridness1661
flush1735
freshness1768
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > vividness or brightness
brightnessa1475
livelihood1566
floridness1661
vividness1668
liveliness1713
vivacity1735
splendour1774
flame1800
vividity1813
luridness1864
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun]
flourishing1303
elaborateness1694
floridness1769
floridity1820
lusciousness1839
foliosity1847
ornatenessa1849
lushness1900
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun]
rednesseOE
rudOE
red?c1225
ruddya1387
ruddinessa1398
gulesa1400
rothumc1400
ruddeningc1400
ruddonc1400
rouge1437
rubor?a1450
rossome1527
Mars1572
rubedinousness1599
reddiness1611
scarletness1611
rubetude1657
floridity1713
erubescence1736
floridness1776
fiery1847
raddle1860
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun]
ampleness1509
copiousness1699
exuberance1717
floridness1830
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > quality of being ornate
ornacyc1487
ornatenessa1578
pickedness1578
decoration1633
floridness1842
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 337 Some of the Ancient Grecians.., deriving it [sc. dancing]..from the Amœnity and Floridness of the warm and spirited bloud.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 631 Allured it is likely by the..Floridness of the leaves.
1769 J. Wesley Jrnl. 2 July Her language is..simple, without..affected floridness.
1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 231 The floridness of the arterial blood.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 8 Refinement..tames down the floridness..of the imagination.
1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 639 A clustering floridness sometimes conceals a flaw in the pillars.
1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro 153 The man of ripe years has all the mental floridness of a boy.
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