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flamboyance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | floridity, floridness, showiness |
| Type of | elaborateness, ornateness |
| Derivation | flamboyant |
he wrote with great flamboyance.
Examples of flamboyance
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Standout defenders-turned-Heisman candidates traditionally act with flamboyance.
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Step inside, though, and austerity gives way to over-the-top baroque flamboyance.
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It was both a surreal and perfectly normal parody of fashion world flamboyance.
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Flamboyance did not breed success, however, and he had a string of convictions.
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Graves generated, and inspired, enough flamboyance that she needed a straight man.
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As a center of Athens'gay community, the area has a special flamboyance and style.
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Alexander McQueen was noted both for his flamboyance and impeccable tailoring.
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What has caught his attention has been not the flamboyance but the shot selection.
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For all this flamboyance, David Lane shows just how unglamorous the Mafia is.
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- Extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance"
- (flamboyant) marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"
- (flamboyant) royal poinciana: showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- (flamboyant) aureate: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
- Flamboyant (from French flamboyant, "flaming") is the name given to a florid style of late Gothic architecture in vogue in France, Spain and Portugal during the 15th century; the equivalent period in English architecture is called Perpendicular, and in Germany the Sondergotik. ...
- (Flamboyant (song)) "Flamboyant" is a single by Pet Shop Boys, released in 2004. It was the second single and one of two new songs from their 2003 singles compilation, ''''.
- The condition of being flamboyant; A group of flamingos
- (flamboyant) A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia); Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc; Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
- (Flamboyant) the late Gothic style in France, characterised by long wavy tracery designs
