flamboyant. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

flamboyant

SYLLABICATION:	flam·boy·ant
PRONUNCIATION:	flm-boint
ADJECTIVE:	1. Highly elaborate; ornate. 2. Richly colored; resplendent. 3. Architecture Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture. 4. Given to ostentatious or audacious display. See synonyms at showy.
NOUN:	See royal poinciana.
ETYMOLOGY:	French, from Old French, present participle of flamboyer, to blaze, from flambe, flame. See flame.
OTHER FORMS:	flam·boyance, flam·boyan·cy —NOUN flam·boyant·ly —ADVERB


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