flamboyance

UK: /flæmˈbɔɪəns/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

flam•boy•ant /flæmˈbɔɪənt/   adj. 

1. strikingly bold or brilliant;
   showy:
   flamboyant clothes; flamboyant behavior.

flam•boy•ance, n. [uncountable]
flam•boy•ant•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

flam•boy•ant  (flam boi′ənt), adj. 

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
   • having the form of an ogee, as a bar of tracery.
   • noting or pertaining to French Gothic architecture of the late 15th and early and middle 16th centuries, characterized by the use of flamboyant tracery, intricacy of detailing, virtuosity of workmanship, attenuation of parts, and frequent complication of interior space.

n. 

5. Plant Biology See royal poinciana. 

• French, present participle of flamboyer to flame, flair, derivative of Old French flambe flame; see -ant
• 1825–35

flam•boy′ance, flam•boy′an•cy, n. 
flam•boy′ant•ly, adv.