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flamboyant

UK /flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/US /flæmˈbɔɪ.(j)ənt/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 5

adjective3

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Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; […] . — 1920
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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. — 1891
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

noun1

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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. — 1919

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