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flamboyant

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flam·boy·ant  (flm-boint)
adj.
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.

[French, from Old French, present participle of flamboyer, to blaze, from flambe, flame; see flame.]

flam·boyance, flam·boyan·cy n.
flam·boyant·ly adv.

flamboyant
Adjective
1. behaving in a very noticeable, extravagant way: a flamboyant jazz pianist
2. very bright and showy [French: flaming]
flamboyance n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flamboyantflamboyant - 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
Delonix, genus Delonix - evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
Adj.1.flamboyant - marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"
ostentatious, pretentious - intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
2.flamboyant - elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

flamboyant
adjective 1. camp, (informal) dashing, theatrical, swashbuckling
adjective 3. colourful, striking, exciting, brilliant, glamorous, stylish, dazzling, glitzy (slang) showy, florid
Translations
flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adj [dress] → vistoso; [person] → extravagante

flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adjflamboyant(e)éclatant(e); [person] → haut(e) en couleur

flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adjextravagant

flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adjsgargiante

flamboyant
adj flamboyant [flӕmˈboiənt]
intended to attract notice flamboyant clothes. flambojant; swierig مُبُهْرَج، زاهٍ، لافِت للإنتِباه пищен nádherný, okázalý prangende pompös φανταχτερός extravagante toretsev پر زرق و برق pramea flamboyant סַסגוֹנִי स्वयं की ओर आकर्षित करना, आकर्षक nakićen, napadan rikító menarik áberandi sgargiante けばけばしい 과감한, 요란한, 현란한 ryškus, ekstravagantiškas spilgts; uzkrītošs bersemarak warnanya opzichtig fargesprakende, rikt dekorert, overlesset krzykliwy, eksentryczny vistoso viu (colo­rat); emfatic броский nápadný bleščeč upadljiv praktfull, grann หรูหรา gösterişli 艷麗的 барвистий, квітчастий بھڑکیلا chói lọi; loè loẹt 丽的
n flamˈboyance
flambojantheid; swierigheid بَهْرَجَه пищност nádhera, okázalost prangen überladener Schmuck φανταχτερή εμφάνιση, συμπεριφορά extravagancia toretsus پر نقش و نگاری prameus caractère flamboyant סַסגוֹנִיוּת आकर्षण napadnost, kicenost, raskošnost túldíszítettség penuh gaya íburður l'essere sgargiante けばけばしさ 과감함, 요란함 ryškumas, ekstravagantiškumas spilgtums; pārmērīga greznība kesemarakan opzichtigheid (farge)prakt, overlessethet kwiecistość, błyskotliwość ostentação emfază броскость nádhera blišč upadljivost praktfullhet ความหรูหรา gösterişlilik 艷麗 барвистість, квітчастість چمکیلا پن tính chất chói lọi; sặc sỡ


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When the history of this war is written, Ambrose, with flamboyant phrases and copious rhetoric, there will be unwritten chapters, more dramatic, having really more direct effect upon the final issue than even the great battles which have seemed the dominant factors.
He enjoyed the feeling which he was exciting, and paraded the town serene and happy all day; but the young fellows set a tailor to work that night, and when Tom started out on his parade next morning, he found the old deformed Negro bell ringer straddling along in his wake tricked out in a flamboyant curtain-calico exaggeration of his finery, and imitating his fancy Eastern graces as well as he could.
For hours absolute quiet reigned in the little clearing, except as it was broken by the discordant notes of brilliantly feathered parrots, or the screeching and twittering of the thousand jungle birds flitting ceaselessly amongst the vivid orchids and flamboyant blossoms which festooned the myriad, moss-covered branches of the forest kings.
 
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