Pronunciation: -ənt
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from present participle of flamboyer to flame, from Old French, from flambe
Date: 1832

1 often capitalized : characterized by waving curves suggesting flames
2 : marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
–flam·boy·ant·ly adverb
2flamboyant
Function: noun
Date: 1879

: ROYAL POINCIANA
royal poinciana
Function: noun
Date: circa 1900

: a showy Madagascan tree (Delonix regia syn. Poinciana regia) widely planted for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers ― called also flamboyant peacock flower
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
flamboyant
flam’bɔɪənt
■ adjective
conspicuously and confidently exuberant.
brightly coloured and showy.
of or denoting a style of French Gothic architecture marked by wavy flame-like tracery and ornate decoration.
■ noun a Madagascan tree with bright red flowers, planted as a street tree in the tropics. [Delonix regia.]

flamboyance noun
flamboyancy noun
flamboyantly adverb

C19: from Fr., lit. ‘flaming, blazing’, pres. participle of flamboyer, from flambe ‘a flame’.
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English-Serbian dictionary
Flamboyant
Blistav-Drececi

flab·ber·gast
Pronunciation: ‘fla-bər-ˌgast
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1772

: to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : DUMBFOUND
synonyms see SURPRISE
–flab·ber·gast·ing·ly \-ˌgas-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
flabbergasted
adjective informal surprise greatly.
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flabbergast
‘flabəgα:st
■ verb [usu. as adjective flabbergasted] informal surprise greatly.

C18: of unknown origin.