flamboyance

noun

flam·​boy·​ance flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s How to pronounce flamboyance (audio)
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: the quality or state of being flamboyant

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the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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With such a deliciously dramatic tone set by host Alan Cumming, the U.S. franchise often sees its celebrity players embracing the flamboyance of their setting even more than their gameplay. — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 As luxury fashion began to tilt toward flamboyance and logo-happy flash, the Meiers were unafraid to show something as stark as pencil-straight dark trousers with a white button-up. — Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The old-school formality of the costumes—women in dresses, men with ties—is counterbalanced by the flamboyance of their colors: flaming red, screeching green, lavish blue, acerbic yellow, judgmental white, which inflect the action’s moods and set its tones. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025 Hollander, hemmed in by more famous portrayals of Capote, emphasizes Truman’s vocal tics and sashaying flamboyance, delivering a performance that’s compellingly mousy and wounded but misses the opportunity to open more of the character’s vulnerability. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flamboyance

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First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flamboyance was in 1891

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flamboyance

noun
flam·​boy·​ance flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s How to pronounce flamboyance (audio)
: the quality or state of being flamboyant

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