flamboyance
pronunciation
How to pronounce flamboyance in British English:
UK [flæm'bɔɪəns]
How to pronounce flamboyance in American English:
US [flæmˈbɔɪəns]
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- Noun:
- extravagant elaborateness
Word Origin
- flamboyance (n.)
- 1849, from flamboyant + -ance. Related: Flamboyancy (1846).
Example
- 1. Beyond the flamboyance is a serious athlete , say those who have worked with him .
- 2. James was a gentle man , despite his flamboyance .
- 3. She allows herself no flamboyance in her clothes .
- 4. Even in his darkest moments , the king never lost his flair for flamboyance or his taste for the finer things .
- 5. Though he lacks his illustrious forerunner 's intellectual flamboyance , the present speaker has so far done a workmanlike job of keeping the peace between the new revolutionaries and the party establishment .