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flamboyant
CIDE DICTIONARY
flamboyant, a. [F.].
Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flamboyant, adj.
1 ostentatious; showy.
2 floridly decorated.
3 gorgeously coloured.
4 Archit. (of decoration) marked by wavy flamelike lines.
1 ostentatious; showy.
2 floridly decorated.
3 gorgeously coloured.
4 Archit. (of decoration) marked by wavy flamelike lines.
Derivative
flamboyance n. flamboyancy n. flamboyantly adv.
Etymology
F (in Archit. sense), pres. part. of flamboyer f. flambe: see FLAMBEAU
THESAURUS
flamboyant
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