Definition of Flamboyance

1. Noun. Extravagant elaborateness. "He wrote with great flamboyance"

Exact synonyms: Floridity, Floridness, Showiness
Generic synonyms: Elaborateness, Ornateness
Derivative terms: Flamboyant, Flamboyant, Florid, Showy, Showy, Showy

Definition of Flamboyance

1. Noun. The condition of being flamboyant ¹

2. Noun. A group of flamingos ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flamboyance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamboyance

flambeau
flambeaus
flambeaux
flambee
flambeed
flambeeing
flambees
flambeing
flamberg
flambergasted
flamberge
flambergen
flamberges
flambergs
flambes
flamboyance (current term)
flamboyances
flamboyancies
flamboyancy
flamboyant
flamboyant tree
flamboyantly
flamboyants
flamboyer
flamboyers
flame
flame-flower
flame-out
flame-retardant
flame arc

Literary usage of Flamboyance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to the Virgin Islands by Lynne Sullivan (2000)
"flamboyance has additional shops in Road Town and Soper's Hole on Tortola. The stores carry a variety of duty-free luxury items such as watches, ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
""Continuity of Structure in the Drama," by Clayton Hamilton, and "The New flamboyance and Some Recent Novels," by Frederic Taber Cooper, are other features. ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"New flamboyance. FT Cooper. Bookm. 29, '13. 37: 78-85. Mr. '13. New novels and old plays. JK Prothero. IJv. Age. 277: 636-8. Je. 7, '13. Novel as rostrum. ..."

4. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"The developed flamboyance of the central window is later in its design than the rest, and is the most elaborate in Portugal and thoroughly native in its ..."

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