单词 | flaunter |
释义 | flauntern. One who flaunts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person peacocka1425 ruffler1536 struttera1591 flaunter1598 glisterer1628 tulip1647 parader1747 swasher1821 swash1824 dazzler1839 rooster1840 show-off1841 swankera1846 Vanity-Fairian1847 grandstander1896 spotlighter1907 swank1913 swankpot1914 showboat1932 showboater1941 pavisander1950 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Porta pennachij, a tosse feather, a flanter, a swaggrer. 1681 T. Jordan London's Joy 14 No Ranters or Vaunters or Chanters or Flaunters. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 5 St. James's Square, And Flaunters there. 1742 W. Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man iv. 194 The pride of heart is the same both in the flaunter, and the flutterer. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 400 The painted flaunter of the city. 1883 Punch 8 Sept. 120/2 Foolish flaunter caught By studied smile and calculated leer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flaunterv. 1. intransitive. Scottish. To quiver; also figurative (see quot. 1808). ΚΠ 1768 [see flauntering adj. at Derivatives]. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Flanter, 1. To waver, to be in some degree delirious. 2. To waver, to flinch, to faulter in evidence or narration. 2. intransitive. U.S. ? To caper. ΚΠ 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 215 Neddy..flauntered and scampered again over the drying ground. Derivatives ˈflauntering adj. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 332 An' prest her flaunt'ring mou' upon her lips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598v.1768 |
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