flamboyancy

Variant of flamboyant

adjective

  1. designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration
  2. flamelike or brilliant in form or color
  3. too showy or ornate; florid, extravagant, etc.: a flamboyant costume

Origin: Fr, prp. of OFr flamboyer < flambe: see flame

noun

royal poinciana

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