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flaunt

UK/flɔːnt/ US/flɔnt/ uncommon archaic literary obsolete
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

  • “he showed off his new sports car”
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noun

1.

the act of displaying something ostentatiously

  • “his behavior was an outrageous flaunt”

Origin

Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”). Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack.

Phrases

  • if you've got it, flaunt it

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