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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Florid Architecture

The latter division of the perpendicular style, often called the Tudor, remarkable for its florid character or profusion of ornament.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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