Reverse Dictionary: FLAMBOYANT

ADJECTIVES
► AFFICHÉ characterized by flamboyant or showy display; extravagant, ostentatious → 1818
► BONGGA extravagant, flamboyant → 1988 Philippine English
► CAMP of a man or his mannerisms: flamboyant, theatrical, especially in a way associated with some homosexual men → 1909 sl.
► CAMPISH of a man or his mannerisms: rather flamboyant, affected, or theatrical → 1965 sl.
► FAIRY affected, flamboyant → 1925 sl., orig. US, chiefly derogatory
► FLAMBASTIC flamboyant and bombastic → 1970 Amer. dial.
► FREE-WHEELING flamboyant and uncontrolled; lacking restraint → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GLAM flamboyant, esp. in dress and appearance → 1993 US sl.
► HOT flamboyant, exuberant, or daring in the pursuit of pleasure; uninhibited, wild → 1888 Amer. sl.
► LARGER-THAN-LIFE exaggerated; flamboyant, extravagant → 1937
► PANSY overly refined, affected, flamboyant, or fastidious; regarded as typical of homosexual men → 1918 colloq., often derogatory
► PANSYISH somewhat fastidious, affected, or flamboyant → 1931 colloq., often derogatory
► POOFED-UP ► POOVED-UP dressed or adorned in a flamboyant or affected manner → 1964 sl., chiefly derogatory
► QUEENY flamboyant and effeminate; blatantly homosexual → 1936 homosexual sl.
► SHOWBOATING flamboyant, exhibitionist → 1936 orig. US
► SWISHY flamboyant, affected, or feminine in a way stereotypically associated with homosexual men → 1941 sl.
► ZHOOSHY ► ZHUZHY flamboyant, showy → 1968 sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► LIGHT IN ONE’S LOAFERS flamboyant, affected, or feminine in one’s mannerisms, etc., in a way stereotypically associated with some homosexual men → 1979 US colloq.
► LIGHT ON ONE’S FEET flamboyant, affected, or feminine in one’s mannerisms, etc., in a way stereotypically associated with some homosexual men → 1969 US colloq.

NOUNS
► CAMP flamboyance, overt exhibitionism; hence, a flamboyant person of either sex → 1920s sl.
► CAMPING flamboyance, overt exhibitionism → 1920s sl.
► FLAMBOYANTISM flamboyant style → 1846
► GHETTO FABULOUS an ostentatious or flamboyant lifestyle or manner of dress, characterized as a marker of status in socially and economically disadvantaged inner-city areas → 1996 orig. US
► PANACHE flamboyant confidence of style or manner; flamboyance, style → 1898

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE a man who favours flamboyant, up-to-the-minute clothes, shoes, etc. → 1975 Amer. sl., chiefly African-American (Bk.)
► CAMP a flamboyant person of either sex → 1920s sl.
► GUSSIE an affected, or excessively flamboyant man → 1895 colloq., derogatory
► SWISH a man who is flamboyant or affected in a way stereotypically associated wi homosexual men → 1941 US sl.

VERBS
► CAMP to behave or speak in a flamboyant, affected, or exaggerated manner, especially in a way stereotypically associated with some homosexual men → 1910 sl.
► CAMP IT UP to behave or speak in a flamboyant, affected, or exaggerated manner, especially in a way stereotypically associated with some homosexual men → 1957 sl.
► FLAMBOYANTIZE to become flamboyant; to render flamboyant → 1846
► PANSY to act or walk in an affected, flamboyant, or fussy manner → 1972
► POOVE to speak or behave in a flamboyant or affected manner, stereotypically associated with some homosexual men → 1971 colloq.
► TART ABOUT ► TART AROUND to behave in a flamboyant or showy manner → 1984 UK