flamboyance

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noun

The condition of being flamboyant.

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Meanings

nounflamboyance (countable and uncountable, plural flamboyances)

plural flamboyances

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being flamboyant.
  2. collectivecountableA group of flamingos.

    in the foreground, a flamboyance of flamingos.

    2024, Amber Jamilla Musser, Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined, Duke University Press
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    I paused to look at a large flamboyance of plastic flamingos , arranged in tight formation , planted in a sandy clearing next to one of the houses

    2026, Jack Parlett, Flamboyance: The Power of Living Boldly, Hanover Square Press

    Right after a new "flamboyance" of flamingos arrived at the San Diego Zoo and joined the current 99

    1999, Douglas George Myers, Lynda Rutledge, Mister Zoo - The Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles Schroeder: the World-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park's Legendary Director, Zoological Society of San Diego

    Flamboyances of flamingos are a feature of the lake.

    2024, Anthony Ham, Travel Guide Tanzania, Lonely Planet

    After so many years of eating at his desk, it was a sweet reward to relax with his steak sandwich and his flamboyance of birds.

    2025, Lauren Acampora, The Best American Short Stories 2025, Domino

Synonyms & antonyms

nounextravagant elaborateness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

French flamboyance
  • flamboyancecondition of being flamboyant
German Extravaganz, Üppigkeit
  • Extravaganzcondition of being flamboyant
  • Üppigkeitcondition of being flamboyant
Irish stráice
  • stráicecondition of being flamboyant

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APA

flamboyance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamboyance

MLA

“flamboyance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamboyance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flamboyance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamboyance.

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