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Flamboyant Architecture

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A florid style which prevailed in France in the 15th and 16th centuries. So called from its flame-like tracery.

“The great tower [of Antwerp cathedral] . . most florid and flamboyant . . is one of the few rivals of the peerless steeple of Strasbourg.”—James: Sketches (Belgium), p. 394.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Flag, Flags
Flag Lieutenant (A)
Flag-officer
Flag-ship
Flag Signals
Flag’s Down (The)
Flag of Distress
Flagellants
Flam
Flamberge or Floberge
Flamboyant Architecture
Flame
Flaming
Flaming Swords
Flaminian Way
Flanders (Moll)
Flanders Babies
Flanders Mare (The)
Flaneur (French)
Flap-dragons
Flare-up