[flam.be] adj [F flambe, fr. pp. of flamber to flame, singe, fr. OF, fr. flambe flame] (1914): dressed or served covered with flaming liquor--usu. used postpositively "crepes suzette ~"
[2]flambe vt flam.beed ; flam.be.ing (ca. 1946): to douse with a liquor (as brandy, rum, or cognac) and ignite