flamboyant
adjective
strikingly bold or brilliant; showy.
flamboyance
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a word derived from
flamboyant.
Example Sentences
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Fisk’s flamboyance and Gould’s bribes made the Erie’s watered stock seem obviously crooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"I just love the quicksilver delivery and suave flamboyance of Coward, it's delightful to play."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
These artists know that flamboyance needn’t preclude subtlety, and that stardom neither guarantees nor bars revelation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Its only hint of flamboyance was a five-pointed star atop the neon sign in the parking lot.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
