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flamboy

flamboy is the obsolete form of flambeau.

Meaning of flambeau

Noun

flambeau (plural flambeaus or flambeaux)

  1. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
    • Saint-Antoine has its cannon pointed (full of grapeshot); thrice applies the lit flambeau; which thrice refuses to catch,—the touchholes are so wetted....1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

Forms of flamboy

pluralflamboys

Questions about flamboy

What is flamboy the obsolete form of?
Flamboy is the obsolete form of flambeau.

Words near flamboy in the dictionary

  1. flamboast
  2. flamboasted
  3. flamboasting
  4. flamboasts
  5. Flamborough
  6. flamboy
  7. flamboyance
  8. flamboyances
  9. flamboyancies
  10. flamboyancy
  11. flamboyant

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