flaunter

[English flaunt; -er.] One who flaunts about, or makes an ostentatious display. flaunt-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FLAUNT, v.] flax flā-võr-ous, *flā -vour-ous, a. [English flavor; -ous .] 1. Pleasing to the taste or palate. "The sumptuous viands and the flavorous wine." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, vi. 90. 2. Pleasing to the olfactories; fragrant, odorous. *flā-vous, a. [Lat. flavus .] Yellow. "The membrane itself is somewhat of a flavous color." -Smith : Portraiture of Old Age (1666). flaw, *flay, s. [Sw. flag a a flaw, a crack; A. S. floh; Goth. flag a =a fragment.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A crack or breach in anything; a slight gap or fi ure; an imperfection. "We found it exceedingly difficult to keep the air Boyle. A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the from getting in at any imperceptible hole or flaw." verb.) C. As subst.: The act or practice of making an ostentatious display. flaunt-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. flaunting; -ly.] In a flaunting, impudent, offensive, or ostentatious manner. *flaunt-ỹ, a. ostentatious; flash. [Eng. flaunt ; y.) Flaunting; flâut-ist, s. [Ital. flauto a flute; Eng. suff. -ist.] A player on the flute; a flutist. fla-ve-dō, s. [From Latin flavesco =to become yellow.] Bot.: A disease in plants which alters their green into a yellow color. ( Treas . of Bot .)