How many syllables in florid?

There are 2 syllables in the word florid.

How to pronounce florid:

florid (adjective):: having a florid style; very ornate and extravagant; very flowery in style ornate; elaborately or excessively ornamented.

adorned

aureate

baroque

bedizened

decorated

euphuistic

extravagant

figurative

flamboyant

flowery

gilded

gingerbread

grandiloquent

high-flown

lacy

loud

ornamented

ornate

overdecorated

overwrought

inelaborate

natural

plain

undecorated

unornate

white

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