floridly figurative prose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a florid complexion. ,florid writing. From Dictionary.com.
Those whom he had offended by some social carelessness or other said of him when they wished to run him down, that he was "floridly" handsome; and there was some truth in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriage of William Ashe] Reference
All evidence suggests that she'd floridly psychotic. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: All Evidence Says I'm The Stronger Candidate] Reference
The actual sequence is floridly exposed by writers like John Perkins (1). From Wordnik.com. [The Libertarian threat] Reference
He was deemed "floridly psychotic" by doctors who testified at his trial. From Wordnik.com. [Archive: The elevator doesn't stop here anymore. Music legend Roky Erickson, godfather of the psychedelic sound, survived the '60s. Sort of.] Reference
A small silver hip flask floridly engraved with the word “Andalucia”. From Wordnik.com. [The Juniper Days - Part I] Reference
For me, when I have symptoms, when I am floridly psychotic, it's pretty bad. From Wordnik.com. [‘Waking Nightmares’] Reference
The sidearm was floridly decorated, as befitted an official instrument of justice. From Wordnik.com. [Sliding Scales]
When I visited Robert the next day, he was as floridly psychotic as I'd ever seen him. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Neugeboren: Searching for Bobby Fischer... and Bobby Neugeboren] Reference
A Grand Wizard might find the floridly demeaning descriptions of immigrants a bit much. From Wordnik.com. [Living With Music: A Playlist by John Williams - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
We drank green tea flavoured with mint from tiny glasses that were floridly embossed in gilt. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
But all that having been said, I'm busy at work today and can't take the time to be floridly witty. From Wordnik.com. [books books books books books] Reference
THIN is an artistic collage using floridly mentally ill people in the service of social commentary. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
One of the attackers, who happened to be black, was vilified in floridly racist language, and physically threatened. From Wordnik.com. [Pilgrim's Egress] Reference
But to speak floridly, nervously, and copiously, this also is true Atticism: -- otherwise, neither Aeschines nor even. From Wordnik.com. [Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.] Reference
"Nor, I must say, is any Deyzara, " added a well-known and floridly attired merchant from the other side of the dome. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
The front in Cheapside, which alone can be seen, is narrow, but floridly adorned with carvings and architectural ornaments. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829] Reference
On the other hand, if they're more floridly psychotic, information does leak out, because they can't contain it any longer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2007] Reference
Often overwritten, floridly acted, and stagy, ALL of his movies have made bank, even as white critics pretty much spit on them. From Wordnik.com. [This Christmas (2007)] Reference
Dressed very handsomely, and all in black, with a veil over her bonnet, she was wiping her eyes with a floridly embroidered handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Woods says "Good-bye," floridly, to his legal friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance] Reference
Colonel Bellairs looked more floridly handsome than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron] Reference
Chinese landscape painter; she colors floridly and her drawing is out of line. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)] Reference
As they took their seats the man, a floridly handsome person, was at Dahlia's elbow. From Wordnik.com. [A Court of Inquiry] Reference
I heard him speak eloquently, if a little floridly, on the right of the poor to the House of. From Wordnik.com. [Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales] Reference
It was a floridly and violently written account of how a projected branch of the Tennessee and. From Wordnik.com. [Mountain Blood A Novel] Reference
It is a dense and floridly imagistic piece into which the cast of six actresses pour their all. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I know that older anti-psychotic medications work very well for acutely and floridly psychotic people. From Wordnik.com. [Biosingularity] Reference
He did not speak floridly or fast, and he indulged in none of those flights of oratory that most Arabs love. From Wordnik.com. [Jimgrim and Allah's Peace] Reference
There were interviews and pamphlets floridly setting forth Mr. Whitney's good intentions toward gas consumers. From Wordnik.com. [Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated] Reference
Just because you're paranoid (actually, floridly psychotic, by all measure) doesn't mean they're not out to get you. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
They like Ken's outspoken, bumptious, no-prisoners language, his floridly un-PC face and his outrageous self-confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He is not what is called a social philosopher, a pretentious hedonist, who talks continuously and floridly about himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Isle] Reference
He had a long chin and big rather prominent teeth, just covered, when he was not talking, by his full, floridly curved lips. From Wordnik.com. [Brave New World]
His floridly anathematised ankle kept him hobbling about the streets while his heart was chasing butterflies over the fields. From Wordnik.com. [The Belovéd Vagabond] Reference
Twilight introduces the floridly named high schooler Bella Swann (Kristen Stewart), who has just moved to a small town in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Portland Mercury] Reference
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