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Traditional English :: flamboyant
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flamboyance.html - adj. 1 ostentatious; showy. 2 floridly decorated. 3 gorgeously coloured. 4 Archit. (of decoration) marked by wavy flamelike lines. flamboyance n. flamboyancy n. flamboyantly adv. [F (in Archit. sense), pres. part. of flamboyer f. flambe: see FLAMBEAU] |
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Traditional English :: flambeau
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flamboyance.html - n. (pl. flambeaus or flambeaux) 1 a flaming torch, esp. composed of several thick waxed wicks. 2 a branched candlestick. [F f. flambe f. L flammula dimin. of flamma flame] |
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Traditional English :: flamboyant
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flamboyance.html - adj. 1 ostentatious; showy. 2 floridly decorated. 3 gorgeously coloured. 4 Archit. (of decoration) marked by wavy flamelike lines. flamboyance n. flamboyancy n. flamboyantly adv. [F (in Archit. sense), pres. part. of flamboyer f. flambe: see FLAMBEAU] |
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Traditional English :: flamb÷
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flamboyance.html - adj.
(of food) covered with alcohol and set alight briefly. [F, past part. of flamber singe (as FLAMBEAU)] |
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English Idioms :: flame
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flamboyance.html - See: ADD FUEL TO THE FLAME, GO UP IN FLAMES. |
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Traditional English :: flambeau
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flamboyance.html - n. (pl. flambeaus or flambeaux) 1 a flaming torch, esp. composed of several thick waxed wicks. 2 a branched candlestick. [F f. flambe f. L flammula dimin. of flamma flame] |
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