Florid fellow guarding lad in apartment (10)
I believe the answer is:
flamboyant
'florid fellow guarding lad in apartment' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'florid fellow guarding lad in apartment' is the wordplay.
'florid fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'florid' bit.**).
'guarding' is an insertion indicator.
'lad' becomes 'boy' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'apartment' becomes 'flat' ('flat' can be a synonym of 'apartment').
'man' going around 'boy' is 'mboyan'.
'mboyan' inserted within 'flat' is 'FLAMBOYANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flamboyant that I've seen before include "Rich" , "Gay" , "Flashy" , "Extravagant" , "Showy" .)