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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.

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.

flamboyantly - in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"

flashily, showily

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flamboyantly

adv → extravagant

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flamboyantly

[flæmˈbɔɪəntlɪ] adv (dress) → vistosamente, in modo sgargiante; (behave) → teatralmente

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