/
flamˈbɔɪənt/
adj.
- conspicuously and confidently exuberant.
- brightly coloured and showy.
- of or denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flame-like tracery and ornate decoration.
n.
a Madagascan tree with bright red flowers, planted as a street tree in the tropics.
[
Delonix regia.]
Derivative
- flamboyance n.
- flamboyancy n.
- flamboyantly adv.
Etymology
C19: from Fr., lit. ‘flaming, blazing’, pres. part. of flamboyer, from flambe ‘a flame’.
