Flaun"drish (? or ?), a. Flemish. [Obs.]

Flaunt (fl‰nt or flnt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb.

n.. Flaunting.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to

E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move

ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.

Arbuthnot.

One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.

Pope.

Flaunt, v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

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