aflaunt, adv.
(əˈflɔːnt)
[f. a prep.1 11 of state + flaunt v.]
In a flaunting state or position.
| 1568 Withals Dict. (1608) 219 (N.) Hee that of himself doth bragge, boast, and vaunt, Hath ill neighbours about him to set him aflaunt. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (1869) 305 For a Courtier to know how to weare a fether, and set his cappe a flaunt. 1840 Browning Sordello iv. 363 Pennons of every blazon once a-flaunt, Men prattled. |