flamboyant

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more flamboyantmost flamboyant

Superlative

Flamboyant

1.
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
1920, Frederic Taber Cooper, The Craftsmanship of Writing, Chapter VI: The Question of Clearness, But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; […] .
Đồng nghĩa: sassy, operatic
2.
(architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
3.
Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.
Đồng nghĩa: serpentine

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

flamboyantsFlamboyant

1.
The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

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Đồng nghĩa

sassy operatic serpentine extravagant

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Nguồn gốc từ

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