florid
adjective
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having a red or flushed complexion.“a stout man with a florid face”
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elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated.“florid operatic-style music was out”The outside pattern is a florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus.Found in The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Gilman , the word florid tells us that the design (arabesque) of the pattern was very complex.
