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LaHaye's advice, from the most florid talk of "eruptive" and "electrifying" touches to his prim injunction to "refrain from the use of back-alley words" during coitus, won't please everybody.
The '60s also saw the invention of art rock , which ranged from the minimalism of the Velvet Underground to the florid romanticism of Yes.
This craze became known as décalcomanie, from décalc- (from décalquer `transfer a tracing' + - o - + manie `mania,' whence we get decalcomania ( decal for short for the transfers), and the adjective cockamamie some say echoes the sense of florid but superficial embellishment.
3. Starr's theory may be a bit florid in its paranoia, but it's not crazy, given what we already know about current White House operations.
The final touch — the rather florid Gothic façade — was not completed until the end of the 19th century and thus contrasts with the simple octagonal towers.