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flamboyant
[ flam-boi-uhnt ]
adjective
- strikingly bold or brilliant; showy:
flamboyant colors.
- conspicuously dashing and colorful:
the flamboyant idol of international society.
- florid; ornate; elaborately styled:
flamboyant speeches.
- Architecture.
- having the form of an ogee, as a bar of tracery.
- 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
flamboyant
/ flæmˈbɔɪənt /
adjective
- elaborate or extravagant; florid; showy
- rich or brilliant in colour; resplendent
- exuberant or ostentatious
- of, denoting, or relating to the French Gothic style of architecture characterized by flamelike tracery and elaborate carving
noun
- another name for royal poinciana
Derived Forms
- flamˈboyance, noun
- flamˈboyantly, adverb
Other Words From
- flam·boyance flam·boyan·cy noun
- flam·boyant·ly adverb
- unflam·boyant adjective
- unflam·boyant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of flamboyant1
Word History and Origins
Origin of flamboyant1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
The humor, an integral part of the playwright’s flamboyant arsenal, is also missed.
His flamboyant lifestyle prompted the Indian media to call him "the bad boy of fashion".
Van Halen’s singer David Lee Roth was an outlier, a flamboyant scenery-chewer whose tastes ranged from show tunes to the Latin lounge music of Louis Prima.
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