flamboyantadj.n.

Brit.

/flamˈbɔɪənt/, U.S.

/flæmˈbɔɪ(j)ənt/

Forms: Also 1800s flambeauant.

Etymology: < French flamboyant, present participle of flamboyer , Old French flambeiier , < flambe flame n.The Old French word may however descend from the popular Latin *flammidiāre (whence Italian fiammeggiare) or the recorded late Latin flammigāre (Gellius).

A. adj.

a. Architecture. Characterized by waved lines of contrary flexure in flame-like forms (Gwilt): of the style prevalent in France in the 15th and the first half of the 16th cent. Also absol. quasi-n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles

florida1706

massive1723

rounded1757

round-arched1782

castellar1789

baronial1807

rational1813

English colonial1817

massy1817

transitional1817

Scottish Baronial1829

rococo1830

flamboyant1832

Scotch Baronial1833

Churrigueresque1845

Russo-Byzantine1845

soaring1849

trenchant1849

vernacular1857

Scots Baronial1864

baroque1867

Perp.1867

rayonnant1873

Dutch colonial1876

Neo-Grec1878

rococoesque1885

Richardsonian1887

federal1894

organic1896

confectionery1897

European-style1907

postmodern1916

Lutyens1921

modern1927

moderne1928

functionalist1930

Williamsburg1931

Colonial Revival1934

packing case1935

Corbusian1936

lavatorial1936

pseudish1938

Adamesque1942

rationalist1952

Miesian1956

open-planned1958

Lutyensesque1961

façade1962

Odeon1964

high-tech1979

Populuxe1986

1832 T. Rickman in Archaeologia 25 182 They are of all dates, from Early French to the latest Flamboyant.

1836 H. G. Knight Archit. Tour Normandy 215 A change..which has recently acquired the fanciful appellation of Flamboyant.

1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 153 A tendency to the Flamboyant style of tracery is frequently observable.

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 31 The exuberant Flamboyant of the continent.

1883 Good Words 24 503 Etchingham church, with its..curious flamboyant window.

b. In loose and transferred use: Florid, floridly decorated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]

fine1526

garish1545

flaunting1567

gawish1567

taffety1597

showful1607

flaming1609

flaring1610

over-brave1620

showish1675

rantingc1685

gaudy1709

showy1712

tinselled1738

kicky1790

flaunty1796

flashy1801

slangish1813

florid1815

tigerish1831

flash1836

flary1841

loud1850

flashy-looking1852

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

flagrant1858

jingo1859

cheesy1863

orchidaceous1864

flamboyant1879

vociferous1883

voyant1906

grandstanding1908

floozy1911

ritzy1919

like a (or the) dog's dinner1927

plush horse1936

kitsch1953

zazzy1961

pizzazz1969

1879 E. Dowden Southey i. 9 That flamboyant penmanship admired by our ancestors.

1883 L. Wingfield Abigel Rowe I. v. 94 Sir Francis Burdett indulged in flamboyant perorations.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. ii. 42 Although he [sc. Sidney] seldom or never reaches the beauties of the flamboyant period of prose.

2. Of wavy form, suggesting the outline of a flame. Said chiefly of a sword.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > flame-like

flaming1487

firelike1567

flamboyant1876

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxix. 151 With massive face, flamboyant hair.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 80 He there with the brand flamboyant.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 152 A Siamese grotesque head..[with] flambeauant ears.

1885 E. Castle Schools & Masters of Fence (1892) 334 By some writers it [the name Flamberg] is restricted to the flamboyant Spadone or Zweyhänder.

3. Flamingly or gorgeously coloured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > brightly coloured

brightOE

gay?c1225

paintedc1400

sheenc1400

staringc1400

freshc1405

wanton1583

splendid1634

amelled1651

vivid1686

strong1711

bloom-bright1832

flamboyant1851

technicolored1927

dazzle1931

Technicolora1940

fauve1967

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iii. 127 See, too, the Rose, above the western portal Flamboyant with a thousand gorgeous colours.

1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 3 Whose daughters, in flamboyant ribbons, were among the belles of the parish.

1888 Punch 13 Oct. 170/3 Oh, the flamboyant flare of those fiendish designs, With their sanguine paint-splashes.

B. n.

A name for certain plants with flame-coloured flowers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana

poinciana1731

Barbados pride1756

flower-fence1786

gulmohar1839

flamboyant1879

peacock flower1884

thread-flower1884

flamboyant tree1903

1879 I. L. Bird Sketches Malay Penins. i, in Leisure Hour (1883) 20/2 That wonderful flowering tree variously known as the ‘flamboyant’ and ‘the flame of the forest’ (Poinciana regia).

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 141 The richly-coloured orange and yellow flowers of the flamboyante (Poinciana).

Derivatives

flamˈboyantly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > vivid or bright

brightc1400

brightly1633

vigorously1638

floridly1667

vividly1668

glowinglya1887

flamboyantly1894

1894 Speaker 26 May 586/2 Upon this canvas they are radiantly and flamboyantly alive.

Draft additions 1993

Forms: Also flamboyan

/flæmˈbɔɪən/, flamboyante.

Frequency (in current use):

The royal poinciana, Delonix regia (formerly Poinciana regia). Also (rare) flamboyant tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana

poinciana1731

Barbados pride1756

flower-fence1786

gulmohar1839

flamboyant1879

peacock flower1884

thread-flower1884

flamboyant tree1903

1903 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 8 223 Poinciana regia, flame tree, flamboyan.

1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle v. 95 From there you will see a flamboyant-tree in full blossom.

1948 A. J. Seymour Guiana Bk. 21 Sometimes the blood forgets the flowering trees, Red with flamboyants in the hard clear sun.

1963 E. T. Robertson & E. G. B. Gooding Bot. for Caribbean iii. 24 Common deciduous trees are Flamboyante (Poinciana regia), Spanish Ash..and Quickstick.

1977 New Yorker 17 Oct. 37/2 The red in the hibiscus and the flamboyant flowers seems redder; the green of the trees and grass seems greener.

1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala xiv. 142 A grassy green slope, scattered with occasional shade trees, kumbuk, banyan and red-flowered flamboyant.

1987 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. x. 9/5 The church doors frame remarkable vistas, flamboyan and almond trees nearby, mountains in the distance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	flamboyant
释义	flamboyantadj.n. Brit. /flamˈbɔɪənt/, U.S. /flæmˈbɔɪ(j)ənt/ Forms: Also 1800s flambeauant. Etymology: < French flamboyant, present participle of flamboyer , Old French flambeiier , < flambe flame n.The Old French word may however descend from the popular Latin flammidiāre (whence Italian fiammeggiare) or the recorded late Latin flammigāre* (Gellius). A. adj. 1. a. Architecture. Characterized by waved lines of contrary flexure in flame-like forms (Gwilt): of the style prevalent in France in the 15th and the first half of the 16th cent. Also absol. quasi-n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles florida1706 massive1723 rounded1757 round-arched1782 castellar1789 baronial1807 rational1813 English colonial1817 massy1817 transitional1817 Scottish Baronial1829 rococo1830 flamboyant1832 Scotch Baronial1833 Churrigueresque1845 Russo-Byzantine1845 soaring1849 trenchant1849 vernacular1857 Scots Baronial1864 baroque1867 Perp.1867 rayonnant1873 Dutch colonial1876 Neo-Grec1878 rococoesque1885 Richardsonian1887 federal1894 organic1896 confectionery1897 European-style1907 postmodern1916 Lutyens1921 modern1927 moderne1928 functionalist1930 Williamsburg1931 Colonial Revival1934 packing case1935 Corbusian1936 lavatorial1936 pseudish1938 Adamesque1942 rationalist1952 Miesian1956 open-planned1958 Lutyensesque1961 façade1962 Odeon1964 high-tech1979 Populuxe1986 1832 T. Rickman in Archaeologia 25 182 They are of all dates, from Early French to the latest Flamboyant. 1836 H. G. Knight Archit. Tour Normandy 215 A change..which has recently acquired the fanciful appellation of Flamboyant. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 153 A tendency to the Flamboyant style of tracery is frequently observable. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 31 The exuberant Flamboyant of the continent. 1883 Good Words 24 503 Etchingham church, with its..curious flamboyant window. b. In loose and transferred use: Florid, floridly decorated. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] fine1526 garish1545 flaunting1567 gawish1567 taffety1597 showful1607 flaming1609 flaring1610 over-brave1620 showish1675 rantingc1685 gaudy1709 showy1712 tinselled1738 kicky1790 flaunty1796 flashy1801 slangish1813 florid1815 tigerish1831 flash1836 flary1841 loud1850 flashy-looking1852 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 flagrant1858 jingo1859 cheesy1863 orchidaceous1864 flamboyant1879 vociferous1883 voyant1906 grandstanding1908 floozy1911 ritzy1919 like a (or the) dog's dinner1927 plush horse1936 kitsch1953 zazzy1961 pizzazz1969 1879 E. Dowden Southey i. 9 That flamboyant penmanship admired by our ancestors. 1883 L. Wingfield Abigel Rowe I. v. 94 Sir Francis Burdett indulged in flamboyant perorations. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. ii. 42 Although he [sc. Sidney] seldom or never reaches the beauties of the flamboyant period of prose. 2. Of wavy form, suggesting the outline of a flame. Said chiefly of a sword. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > flame-like flaming1487 firelike1567 flamboyant1876 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxix. 151 With massive face, flamboyant hair. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 80 He there with the brand flamboyant. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 152 A Siamese grotesque head..[with] flambeauant ears. 1885 E. Castle Schools & Masters of Fence (1892) 334 By some writers it [the name Flamberg] is restricted to the flamboyant Spadone or Zweyhänder. 3. Flamingly or gorgeously coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > brightly coloured brightOE gay?c1225 paintedc1400 sheenc1400 staringc1400 freshc1405 wanton1583 splendid1634 amelled1651 vivid1686 strong1711 bloom-bright1832 flamboyant1851 technicolored1927 dazzle1931 Technicolora1940 fauve1967 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iii. 127 See, too, the Rose, above the western portal Flamboyant with a thousand gorgeous colours. 1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 3 Whose daughters, in flamboyant ribbons, were among the belles of the parish. 1888 Punch 13 Oct. 170/3 Oh, the flamboyant flare of those fiendish designs, With their sanguine paint-splashes. B. n. A name for certain plants with flame-coloured flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana poinciana1731 Barbados pride1756 flower-fence1786 gulmohar1839 flamboyant1879 peacock flower1884 thread-flower1884 flamboyant tree1903 1879 I. L. Bird Sketches Malay Penins. i, in Leisure Hour (1883) 20/2 That wonderful flowering tree variously known as the ‘flamboyant’ and ‘the flame of the forest’ (Poinciana regia). 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 141 The richly-coloured orange and yellow flowers of the flamboyante (Poinciana). Derivatives flamˈboyantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > vivid or bright brightc1400 brightly1633 vigorously1638 floridly1667 vividly1668 glowinglya1887 flamboyantly1894 1894 Speaker 26 May 586/2 Upon this canvas they are radiantly and flamboyantly alive. Draft additions 1993 Forms: Also flamboyan /flæmˈbɔɪən/, flamboyante. Frequency (in current use): Show frequency band information The royal poinciana, Delonix regia (formerly Poinciana regia). Also (rare) flamboyant tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > poinciana poinciana1731 Barbados pride1756 flower-fence1786 gulmohar1839 flamboyant1879 peacock flower1884 thread-flower1884 flamboyant tree1903 1903 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 8 223 Poinciana regia, flame tree, flamboyan. 1913 L. Woolf Village in Jungle v. 95 From there you will see a flamboyant-tree in full blossom. 1948 A. J. Seymour Guiana Bk. 21 Sometimes the blood forgets the flowering trees, Red with flamboyants in the hard clear sun. 1963 E. T. Robertson & E. G. B. Gooding Bot. for Caribbean iii. 24 Common deciduous trees are Flamboyante (Poinciana regia), Spanish Ash..and Quickstick. 1977 New Yorker 17 Oct. 37/2 The red in the hibiscus and the flamboyant flowers seems redder; the green of the trees and grass seems greener. 1982 C. de Silva Winds of Sinhala xiv. 142 A grassy green slope, scattered with occasional shade trees, kumbuk, banyan and red-flowered flamboyant. 1987 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. x. 9/5 The church doors frame remarkable vistas, flamboyan and almond trees nearby, mountains in the distance. 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