flamboyant

The definition of flamboyant is someone or something that is extravagant or looks flame-like in color or form.

(adjective)

An example of flamboyant is a drag queen.
An example of flamboyant are arches in French gothic cathedrals that are flame-like.

See flamboyant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration
flamelike or brilliant in form or color
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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See flamboyant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Highly elaborate; ornate.
Richly colored; resplendent.
Architecture Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
Given to ostentatious or audacious display. See Synonyms at showy.

noun

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , present participle of flamboyer, to blaze

Origin: , from flambe, flame; see flame

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