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alaunt
English
Alternative forms
- alan, alant
Etymology
From Old French alans, alanz, itself from Old Spanish alán, itself possibly from Gothic *???????????????????? (*alans), designating the Alan tribe of Eastern Iranian origin who were active in Western Europe during the Migration Period and were associated with the breed.
Noun
alaunt (plural alaunts)
- A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
Translations
Anagrams
- anlaut
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flaunt
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fl??nt/
- (some accents) IPA(key): /fl??nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fl?nt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /fl?nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- flant (obsolete)
Verb
flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted)
- (intransitive, archaic) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.26:
- The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard flaunted in the sunny afternoon.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.26:
- (transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
- She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
- 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax Chapter VI,
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew Chapter XXV,
- […] and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with flout.
Translations
Noun
flaunt (plural flaunts)
- (obsolete) Anything displayed for show.
Etymology 2
Verb
flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted)
- (proscribed) To flout.
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