Modifies a noun

• style: Quite what you make of Christoph's florid prose style will depend on what you are looking for in your wine writing.

• face: He had a bushy, white mustache and a florid face.

• plaque: Neuropathology shows marked spongiform change and extensive florid plaques throughout the brain.

• language: A fascinating little book, in the most amazingly florid language, which I can only presume reflects the original French.

• symptom: Florid symptoms are unusual and CD is usually detected during the child's first year, after introducing cereals at weaning.

• complexion: I hate a florid complexion and dark eyes in a man.

Modifying Another Word

• very: The initials HEE are crisply engraved in a very florid style.

• often: The left hand supports the often florid right hand part.