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FLAMBOYANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flamboyance mean? 

FLAMBOYANCE (noun)
  The noun FLAMBOYANCE has 1 sense:

1. extravagant elaboratenessplay

  Familiarity information: FLAMBOYANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLAMBOYANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extravagant elaborateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flamboyance; floridity; floridness; showiness

Context example:

he wrote with great flamboyance

Hypernyms ("flamboyance" is a kind of...):

elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)

Derivation:

flamboyant (elaborately or excessively ornamented)

flamboyant (marked by ostentation but often tasteless)


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