# flamboyant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/ · frequency rank #26,793

## Definitions
1. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
2. Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
3. Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.

## Common misspellings (16)
`falmboyant`, `fflamboyant`, `flabmoyant`, `flambboyant`, `flamboaynt`, `flamboyannt`, `flamboyantt`, `flamboyatn`, `flamboynat`, `flamboyyant`, `flambyoant`, `flammboyant`, `flamobyant`, `fllamboyant`, `flmaboyant`, `lfamboyant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flamboyant