flamboyant

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.

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flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt]

adj

1. elaborate or extravagant; florid; showy

2. rich or brilliant in colour; resplendent

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) of, denoting, or relating to the French Gothic style of architecture characterized by flamelike tracery and elaborate carving

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for royal poinciana

[from French: flaming, from flamboyer to flame]

flamboyance , flamboyancy n

flamboyantly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flamboyant - 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 regia, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana, flame tree 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" showy, splashy 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" aureate, florid fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

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flamboyant

adjective

1. camp (informal), dashing, theatrical, swashbuckling He was a flamboyant personality.

2. showy, rich, elaborate, over the top (informal), extravagant, baroque, ornate, ostentatious, rococo flamboyant architectural paint effects

3. colourful, striking, exciting, brilliant, glamorous, stylish, dazzling, glitzy (slang), showy, florid He wears flamboyant clothes.

Translations

flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] ADJ [person, behaviour, style] → extravagante; [clothes, colour] → vistoso, llamativo
he's a flamboyant dresser → viste con mucha extravagancia

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flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adj

[clothes, style] → flamboyant(e), extravagant(e)

[person] → haut(e) en couleur

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flamboyant

adj → extravagant; lifestyle also → üppig, aufwendig, aufwändig; plumage → farbenprächtig; colours → prächtig; gesture → großartig; flamboyant style (Archit) → Flamboyantstil m; (of person) → extravagante Art; in the flamboyant court of Louis XIV → am prunkvollen Hof Ludwigs XIV

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flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adj (character, speech) → stravagante; (dress) → sgargiante, vistoso/a; (style) → fiorito/a, ornato/a

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flamboyant [flæmˈbɔɪənt] adj (character, speech) → stravagante; (dress) → sgargiante, vistoso/a; (style) → fiorito/a, ornato/a

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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 näyttävä flamboyant סַסגוֹנִי स्वयं की ओर आकर्षित करना, आकर्षक nakićen, napadan rikító menarik áberandi sgargiante けばけばしい 찬란한, 화려한 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 艳丽的

n flamˈboyance

flambojantheid; swierigheid بَهْرَجَه пищност nádhera, okázalost prangen überladener Schmuck φανταχτερή εμφάνιση, συμπεριφορά extravagancia toretsus پر نقش و نگاری näyttävyys caractère flamboyant סַסגוֹנִיוּת आकर्षण napadnost, kicenost, raskošnost túldíszítettség penuh gaya íburður l'essere sgargiante けばけばしさ 화려함 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 艳丽