[ flam'bɔɪənt ]
■ adjective
1》 conspicuously and confidently exuberant.
2》 brightly coloured and showy.
3》 of or denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flame-like tracery and ornate decoration.
■ noun a Madagascan tree with bright red flowers, planted as a street tree in the tropics. [ Delonix regia .]
Derivatives
flamboyance noun
flamboyancy noun
~ly adverb
Origin
C19: from Fr., lit. 'flaming, blazing', pres. participle of flamboyer , from flambe 'a flame'.