Etymology

flamboyer

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Today it means: Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana. Full definition →

French flamboyer
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  1. French · borrowed fromflamboyer“to be bright”
  2. English todayflamboyer

Borrowed from French flamboyer (“to be bright”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.