adjective. Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior. synonym: showy.

adjective. Richly or brightly colored; resplendent.

adjective. Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.

noun. undefined

Flaming.

Wavy; having a waved outline like that of a flame: said of the blades of certain heavy swords of the middle ages, and of the Malay creese and similar weapons. Also flaming.

In architecture: Characterized by wavy, flame-like tracery, as in windows and openwork: an epithet applied to that highly ornate or florid style of French medieval architecture which was contemporary with the English Perpendicular, or to details in this style: as, a flamboyant window.

Characterized by irregular and distorted forms or glaring colors.

Hence Figuratively, of style, dress, and the like, florid; conspicuous; showy: as, a flamboyant rhetoric.

noun. A name given in the West Indies to several plants with brilliantly colored flowers, as Cæsalpinia pulcherrima, Poinciana regia, and Erythrina Corallodendron.

adjective. Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

adjective. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.

adjective. Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

noun. A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

adjective. elaborately or excessively ornamented

noun. 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

adjective. marked by ostentation but often tasteless

"But there are many reasons I don't bother with regular book reviews, even as I indulge in flamboyant movie coverage."

fancy  ostentatious  pretentious  

angiospermous tree  flowering tree  

buoyant  clairvoyant  

baroque  bedraggled  bizarre  dazzle  exuberant  

Gongoresque  Johnsonian  affected  arabesque  baroque