First Known Use: 1832
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1flamboyant
adjective flam·boy·ant \flam-ˈbȯi-ənt\
: having a very noticeable quality that attracts a lot of attention
Full Definition of FLAMBOYANT
1
often capitalized : characterized by waving curves suggesting flames <flamboyant tracery> <flamboyant architecture>
2
: marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior <a flamboyant performer>
— flam·boy·ant·ly adverb
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Examples of FLAMBOYANT
- Crazy artists, or flamboyant ones, can be strangely comforting. We feel we understand where their visions come from; we're lulled by the symmetry of turbulent art and turbulent lives. —Stephen Schiff, New Yorker, 28 Dec. 1992–4 Jan. 1993
- Equally flamboyant is the group's singer, Andy Bell, who prances around the stage dressed at various times like an astronaut, a space creature or a Mexican senorita. —Jim Farber, Video Review, August 1990
- … he was living in the flamboyant, urbane manner he craved, in an apartment that suited his Balzacian fantasies of success … —Raymond Sokolov, Wayward Reporter, 1980
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Origin of FLAMBOYANT
French, from present participle of flamboyer to flame, from Old French, from flambe
Related to FLAMBOYANT
- Synonyms
- arresting, bodacious, bold, brilliant, catchy, commanding, conspicuous, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, noticeable, grabby, kenspeckle [chiefly Scottish], marked, noisy, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking
- Antonyms
- inconspicuous, unemphatic, unflamboyant, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy
2flamboyant
noun flam·boy·ant \flam-ˈbȯi-ənt\
Definition of FLAMBOYANT
Origin of FLAMBOYANT
(see 1flamboyant)
First Known Use: 1879
Rhymes with FLAMBOYANT
FLAMBOYANT Defined for Kids
flamboyant
adjective flam·boy·ant \flam-ˈbȯi-ənt\
Definition of FLAMBOYANT for Kids
: having a noticeable or showy quality
— flam·boy·ant·ly adverb
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