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Definition of Flamboyance
1. Noun. Extravagant elaborateness. "He wrote with great flamboyance"
Generic synonyms: Elaborateness, Ornateness
Derivative terms: Flamboyant, Flamboyant, Florid, Showy, Showy, Showy
Definition of Flamboyance
1. Noun. The condition of being flamboyant ¹
2. Noun. A group of flamingos ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flamboyance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamboyance
Literary usage of Flamboyance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to the Virgin Islands by Lynne Sullivan (2000)
"flamboyance has additional shops in Road Town and Soper's Hole on Tortola.
The stores carry a variety of duty-free luxury items such as watches, ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
""Continuity of Structure in the Drama," by Clayton Hamilton, and "The New
flamboyance and Some Recent Novels," by Frederic Taber Cooper, are other features. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"New flamboyance. FT Cooper. Bookm. 29, '13. 37: 78-85. Mr. '13. New novels and
old plays. JK Prothero. IJv. Age. 277: 636-8. Je. 7, '13. Novel as rostrum. ..."
4. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"The developed flamboyance of the central window is later in its design than the
rest, and is the most elaborate in Portugal and thoroughly native in its ..."
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