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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
flamboyant
showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana • Syn: royal poinciana, flame tree, peacock flower, Delonix regia, Poinciana regia • Hypernyms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree • Member Holonyms: Delonix, genus Delonix
1. marked by ostentation but often tasteless - a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet - a splashy half-page ad • Syn: showy, splashy • Similar to: ostentatious, pretentious • Derivationally related forms: splash (for: splashy), splashiness (for: splashy), show (for: showy), showiness (for: showy), flamboyance 2. elaborately or excessively ornamented - flamboyant handwriting - the senator's florid speech • Syn: aureate, florid • Similar to: fancy • Derivationally related forms: flamboyance, floridness (for: florid)
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