flamboyant

Meanings

Adjective

• Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
• Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

Noun

• The royal poinciana (Delonix regia (species)), a showy tropical tree.

Origin

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