flamboyant

Meaning

1. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
2. 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.
4. The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.
5. Alternative letter-case form of flamboyant.

Etymology / 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.

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