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flam⋅boy⋅ant
[flam-boi-uh
nt]
–adjective
| 1. | strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors. |
| 2. | conspicuously dashing and colorful: the flamboyant idol of international society. |
| 3. | florid; ornate; elaborately styled: flamboyant speeches. |
| 4. | Architecture.
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–noun
| 5. | royal poinciana. |
royal poinciana
–noun
| a tree, Delonix regia, of the legume family, native to Madagascar, having showy clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers and long, flat, woody pods. |
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flam·boy·ant (flām-boi'ənt) adj.
[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. |
| royal poinciana n. A tropical and semitropical tree (Delonix regia) native to Madagascar, having bipinnately compound leaves, clusters of large scarlet flowers, and long pods. Also called flamboyant, poinciana. |
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Flamboyant
Flam*boy"ant\, a. [F.] (Arch.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.
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Language Translation for : flamboyant
Spanish:
extravagante,
German:
pompös,
Japanese:
けばけばしい
flamboyant
1832, first used of a 15c.-16c. architectural style with flame-like curves, from Fr. flamboyant "flaming, wavy," prp. of flamboyer "to flame," from O.Fr. flamboier, from flambe "flame." Extended sense of "showy, ornate" is 1879.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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