Flamboyant

Quick meaning: Flamboyant is an adjective meaning Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
2. Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
3. The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

Example Sentences

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

The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase.

Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated in recent years[.]

The nave and central tower, more flamboyant in design, were finished early in the sixteenth century after the original plan.

Word Forms

• flamboyants

Synonyms for flamboyant

Depending on context, synonyms include sassy, operatic, serpentine, aureate, resplendent, fancy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include showy, fancy, unrestrained, resplendent, colorful, aureate.

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