Definitions
elaborately or excessively ornamented
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase.”
“Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated in recent years[.]”
“S. Pierre is a flamboyant church, the details passing into Renaissance.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Brightly theatrical”10 letters
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