1. Marked by ostentation but often tasteless
   "a cheap flamboyant rhinestone bracelet";
   - showy, splashy
    
2. Elaborately or excessively ornamented
   "flamboyant handwriting";
   - aureate, florid
    
3. (architecture) of the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
   "The cathedral's flamboyant style was characterized by ornate tracery"

1. 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
   "The flamboyant's brilliant red flowers make it a popular street tree in Miami";
   - royal poinciana, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia

Derived forms: flamboyants

See also: fancy, ostentatious, posey [Brit, informal], pretentious

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: Delonix, genus Delonix

Encyclopedia: Flamboyant