flamboyant

flamboyant
a) Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.

When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy. We simply find it hard to believe that they are not wax flowers grown under a glass case.

b) Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; .

2. noun

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