flaunty

English

Etymology

flaunt +‎ -y

Adjective

flaunty (comparative flauntier, superlative flauntiest)

  1. flaunting; showy; meretricious
    • 1843, Ebenezer Jones, Studies of Sensation and Event: Poems, page 195:
      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 […]

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