Ornate vs Florid - What's the difference?
ornate | florid |
Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
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*:The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth?;. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
Flashy, flowery or showy
Finely finished, as a style of composition.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:a graceful and ornate rhetoric
(obsolete) To adorn; to honour.
Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
As adjectives the difference between ornate and florid
is that ornate is elaborately ornamented, often to excess while florid is having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.As a verb ornate
is to adorn; to honour.ornate
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(en adjective)External links
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(ornat)- They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. — Latimer.
Anagrams
* ----florid
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Adjective
(head)- Florid psychosis.
