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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
/ ڱæˈɔɪəԳ /
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
- ڱˈDzⲹԳ, noun
- ڱˈDzⲹԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ڱ·DzaԳ ڱ·Dza· noun
- ڱ·DzaԳ· adverb
- ܲЭ·DzaԳ adjective
- unڱ·DzaԳ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of flamboyant1
Word History and Origins
Origin of flamboyant1
Example Sentences
To accompany her flamboyant sermons, she employed a brass band, an orchestra and a 100-person choir.
Boguslawski refers to the epic, flamboyant 1990s fashion shows as inspirational.
Written and recorded over three weeks in late 2023, Who Believes In Angels? has received rave reviews from critics, who have called it "a gutsy, flamboyant tearjerker" and a "late-career high".
Existential inquiry is an artistic staple, but typically it tends toward big gestures and grand declarations — see extravagant and flamboyant Abstract Expressionist paintings of the late-1940s and 1950s for examples.
I would assume that some of them will gain his favor with elaborate obsequiousness and flamboyant flattery.
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