adj. 1. Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior. See Synonyms at showy. 2. Richly or brightly colored; resplendent: a flamboyant turban. 3. Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture. n. See royal poinciana. [French, from Old French, present participle of flamboyer, to blaze, from flambe, flame; see FLAME.] flam·boyance, flam·boyan·cy n. flam·boyant·ly adv. (click for a larger image) flamboyantc. 1500 Church of St. Anne Vilnius, Lithuania |
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