flamboyance
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Fisk’s flamboyance and Gould’s bribes made the Erie’s watered stock seem obviously crooked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
These artists know that flamboyance needn’t preclude subtlety, and that stardom neither guarantees nor bars revelation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
The show explores the Black dandy, an evolving look in Black sartorial history; both retro and contemporary, that displays affection for menswear, excellent tailoring and a consistent fondness for tasteful flamboyance and whimsy.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
Her face had been hastily made up into a mask of almost clownish flamboyance.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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