Flamboyant definition

flăm-boiənt

Richly or brightly colored; resplendent.

A flamboyant turban.

adjective

Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.

adjective

Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior.

adjective

Designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration.

adjective

Flamelike or brilliant in form or color.

adjective

Too showy or ornate; florid, extravagant, etc.

A flamboyant costume, an actor's flamboyant gestures.

adjective

noun

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

An example of flamboyant is a drag queen.

An example of flamboyant are arches in French gothic cathedrals that are flame-like.

adjective

adjective

(architecture) Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

adjective

A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

noun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

flamboyant

Plural:

flamboyants

French from Old French present participle of flamboyer to blaze from flambe flame flame

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”)

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