Flamboyant Definition
flăm-boiənt
adjective
Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior.
American Heritage
Richly or brightly colored; resplendent.
A flamboyant turban.
American Heritage
Flamelike or brilliant in form or color.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a kind of architecture, as late French Gothic, characterized by flamelike tracery of windows and florid decoration.
Webster's New World
Too showy or ornate; florid, extravagant, etc.
A flamboyant costume, an actor's flamboyant gestures.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Delonix regia
- peacock flower
- flame-tree
- royal-poinciana
- Poinciana regia
Other Word Forms of Flamboyant
Noun
Singular:
flamboyantPlural:
flamboyantsOrigin of Flamboyant
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From French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”)
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French present participle of flamboyer to blaze from flambe flame flame
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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