flamboyance

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.

n.

See royal poinciana.

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

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flam·boyance, flam·boyan·cy n.

flam·boyant·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flamboyance - extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" floridity, floridness, showiness elaborateness, ornateness - an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated

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flamboyance

noun showiness, show, style, dash, sparkle, chic, flair, verve, swagger, extravagance, panache, pomp, glitz (informal) élan, bravura, swank (informal) theatricality, exhibitionism, brio, ostentation, stylishness, flashiness, flamboyancy, floridity, pizzazz or pizazz (informal) << OPPOSITE restraint