Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flamboyant \Flam*boy"ant\, a. [F.] (Arch.)
   Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the
   tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century)
   French Gothic style.

Source : WordNet®

flamboyant
     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 [syn: {royal poinciana}, {flame tree}, {peacock
         flower}, {Delonix regia}, {Poinciana regia}]

flamboyant
     adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
            handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {aureate},
             {florid}, {showy}]
     2: richly and brilliantly colorful [syn: {resplendent}, {unrestrained}]