flaunt

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"To flaunt, and go down a disregarded thing."

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  1. transitive verb To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his knowledge. See Synonyms at show.
  2. transitive verb Usage Problem To show contempt for; scorn.
  3. intransitive verb To parade oneself ostentatiously; show oneself off.
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  • Nor in the bower Where woodbines flaunt, and roses shed a couch While evening draws her crimson curtains round Trust your soft minutes with betraying man. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), Vol. V.
  • Just as she has the right to flaunt, the Mrs. -to-be is also entitled to some mystery. —  TheFind blog
  • First, I'm pretty sure they meant "flaunt," not "flout." —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • Second, members of the military need not "flaunt" their homosexuality in order to be discharged under DADT. —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • Sure he'd have to break his word - flaunt his own law even - to do it, but the timing was near perfect. —  Progressive Bloggers
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flaunt:   flaunted ·  flaunting ·  flaunts
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  1. Formerly also flant; prob. Scandinavian The nearest form appears to be Swedish dial. flankt, adjective and adverb, loosely, flutteringly (cf. English flaunt-a-flaunt, adjective), from flanka, waver, hang and wave about, ramble, a nasalized form of Swedish dial. flakka, waver, prob. = Middle English flacken, move to and fro, flutter, palpitate, English flack, q. v. Cf. German dial. (Bavarian) flandern, flutter, flaunt.
  2. from flaunt, v.
 

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