flamboyant

flamboyant has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.
• n.. 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
• a.. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
• a.. marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"