flamboyant

Meanings

Plural: flamboyants

Noun

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
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

Adjective Satellite

marked by ostentation but often tasteless
elaborately or excessively ornamented
- "flamboyant handwriting"

Adj

Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.

Synonyms

aureate, Delonix regia, flame tree, florid, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana, serpentine, showy, splashy

Scrabble Score: 20

flamboyant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 23

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