adj. 1 ostentatious; showy. 2 floridly decorated. 3 gorgeously coloured. 4 Archit. (of decoration) marked by wavy flamelike lines. flamboyance n. flamboyancy n. flamboyantly adv.
[ F (in Archit. sense), pres. part. of flamboyer f. flambe: see FLAMBEAU ]