flamboyant

[ flam-boi-uhnt ]

adjective

1. strikingly bold or brilliant; showy:

   flamboyant colors.

2. conspicuously dashing and colorful:

   the flamboyant idol of international society.

3. florid; ornate; elaborately styled:

   flamboyant speeches.

4. Architecture.
   1. having the form of an ogee, as a bar of tracery.
   2. noting or pertaining to French Gothic architecture of the late 15th and early and middle 16th centuries, characterized by the use of flamboyant tracery, intricacy of detailing, virtuosity of workmanship, attenuation of parts, and frequent complication of interior space.

noun

1. royal poinciana.

flamboyant

/ flæmˈbɔɪənt /

adjective

1. elaborate or extravagant; florid; showy
2. rich or brilliant in colour; resplendent
3. exuberant or ostentatious
4. of, denoting, or relating to the French Gothic style of architecture characterized by flamelike tracery and elaborate carving

noun

1. another name for royal poinciana

Derived Forms

• flamˈboyance, noun
• flamˈboyantly, adverb

Other Words From

• flam·boyance flam·boyan·cy noun
• flam·boyant·ly adverb
• unflam·boyant adjective
• unflam·boyant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of flamboyant¹

1825–35; < French, present participle of flamboyer to flame, flair, derivative of Old French flambe flame; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of flamboyant¹

C19: from French: flaming, from flamboyer to flame

Example Sentences

Before Al-Shifa Hospital was besieged and attacked, for example, “the IDF produced this very flamboyant imagery of the command and control center underneath the hospital,” Sidoti said, “which they alleged form the basis of the justification of the attack. Yet none of the footage produced after the event indicated anything like that kind of command and control center underneath the hospital.”

From Salon

The Missouri-born singer is the favourite to win best new artist, thanks to her dazzling and flamboyant debut, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess - which is also up for album of the year.

From BBC

Donald Trump's flamboyant style helped him stand out in New York's business world and rise to stardom in the entertainment world with the TV show, The Apprentice.

From BBC

The humor, an integral part of the playwright’s flamboyant arsenal, is also missed.

From Los Angeles Times

His flamboyant lifestyle prompted the Indian media to call him "the bad boy of fashion".

From BBC

Related Words

• bombastic
• brilliant
• colorful
• dazzling
• flashy
• glamorous
• ornate
• splashy
• swashbuckling