Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flamboyant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flamboyant \Flam*boy"ant\, a. [F.] (Arch.)
Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the
tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century)
French Gothic style.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flamboyant
adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {aureate},
{florid}, {showy}]
2: richly and brilliantly colorful [syn: {resplendent}, {unrestrained}]
n : showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely
planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of
scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus
Poinciana [syn: {royal poinciana}, {flame tree}, {peacock
flower}, {Delonix regia}, {Poinciana regia}]
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