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Flamboyant

//flamˈbɔɪ.ənt// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

    "When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy. We simply find it hard to believe that they are not wax flowers grown under a glass case."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of flamboyant. alt-of
  3. 3
    Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

    "S. Pierre is a flamboyant church, the details passing into Renaissance."

  4. 4
    Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

    "Ancient swords were frequently “flamboyant,” or with waved edges; more especially those used for purposes of state. The Dukes of Burgundy bore a two-handed sword of this form. Indeed, “flaming swords,” as they were called, were worn down to the times of our Charles II., and perhaps later."

Adjective
  1. 1
    elaborately or excessively ornamented wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by ostentation but often tasteless wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

    "The schooners moored to the quay are trim and neat, the little town along the bay is white and urbane, and the flamboyants, scarlet against the blue sky, flaunt their colour like a cry of passion."

  2. 2
    showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.

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