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Floridity

The quality of being florid; floridness.

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Ornateness 76% connected

The quality of being ornate.

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Flamboyant 74% connected

Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

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Flamboyant 74% connected

Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

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Floridness 92% connected

The quality of being florid.

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Showiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Bravura noun · 78% connection

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force…

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Colorature noun · 78% connection

Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

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Divide verb · 78% connection

To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

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Figurate adjective · 78% connection

Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figura…

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Figurative adjective · 78% connection

Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.

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Figure noun · 78% connection

A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

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Figured adjective · 78% connection

Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3.

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Florid adjective · 78% connection

Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

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Florideae n. pl. · 78% connection

A subclass of algae including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeae of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or flori…

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Floridly adverb · 78% connection

In a florid manner.

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Flourish verb · 78% connection

To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.

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Flowery adjective · 78% connection

Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style.

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