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flamboyant

[flam-boi-uhnt] / flæmˈbɔɪ ənt /


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Proud, flamboyant ridiculousness is all over Mr. Jacobs’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The U.S., even under a less flamboyant president, would be prepared to risk a great deal to defend its prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

An overwhelming handful, this early history play retains its popularity largely through the audacious villainy of its title character, one of Shakespeare’s most flamboyant sadists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Besides displays of clothes from Papa Wemba's famously flamboyant wardrobe and traditional Congolese instruments, the museum hopes to attract visitors through guided tours, conferences and concerts.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

She had been imagining the scene of a crime, a Gothic cathedral, whose flamboyant vaulting would be flooded with brazen light of scarlet and indigo from a stained-glass backdrop of lurid suffering.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan