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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

flaunty en · ADJ

Etymology

From flaunt + -y.

Meanings

  1. flaunting; showy; meretricious
    • Now to meet this lorn maiden, Lucette had put on Her flauntiest of dresses; her blackest shoes shone Against her white stockings; her white and red gown Was tasselled with ribands, around, up and down […] 1843, Ebenezer Jones, Studies of Sensation and Event: Poems, page 195:

Forms

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flauntiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
flauntier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

flauntiness · flauntily