Florid

Pg 48 " I had expected that Mr. Gatsby would be florid and corpulent person in his middle years".

Definition:flowery; excessively ornate; showy
Forms of the Word: flo·rid·i·ty  /flɔˈrɪdɪti, flə-/ Show Spelled[flaw-rid-i-tee, fluh-] Show IPA, flor·id·ness, noun
flor·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·flor·id, adjective
o·ver·flor·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·flor·id·ness, noun
un·flor·id, adjective

"A small man still florid from his daily joust with the hacking cough of a lifetime smoker, pads on feet through which little or no blood has circulated for years, into the bar".
http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/article461112.ece/Fans-face-fado--better-than-death

"Those who promote a Victorian "style" today tend to embrace the most florid period in that time span, but in our collective memory we think of Victorian houses as ornamented within and without".
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052100197.html