The word of the day for May 6th.
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Today's word is flamboyant, spelled F-L-A-M-B-O-Y-A-N-T.
Flamboyant is an adjective.
Someone or something described as flamboyant has a very noticeable quality that attracts a lot of attention.
Such a person or thing is often strikingly elaborate or colorful in their behavior or display.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Slate.
Unusually attuned to the mysticism of the Shelby family's Romani roots,
who also served as a ruthlessly pragmatic conciliary.
McCrory's Polly was so electric that the show remained totally riveting any time she was on screen.
Associate the word flamboyant with bananas flambé and the words fiery etymology will be seared in your mind.
In its earliest uses, flamboyant referred to an ornate style of Gothic architecture,
Flamboyant, which was borrowed into English from French in the 19th century,