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flam·boy·ant
(flăm-boi′ənt)adj.
1. Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior. See Synonyms at showy.
2. Richly or brightly colored; resplendent: a flamboyant turban.
3. Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
n.
See royal poinciana.
[French, from Old French, present participle of flamboyer, to blaze, from flambe, flame; see flame.]
flam·boy′ance, flam·boy′an·cy n.
flam·boy′ant·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | flamboyantly - in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" |
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flamboyantly
adv → extravagant
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flamboyantly
[flæmˈbɔɪəntlɪ] adv (dress) → vistosamente, in modo sgargiante; (behave) → teatralmenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995