adv. [f. A prep.1 11 of state, + FLAUNT v.] In a flaunting state or position.

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1568.  Withals, Dict. (1608), 219 (N.). Hee that of himself doth bragge, boast, and vaunt, Hath ill neighbours about him to set him aflaunt.

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1589.  Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (1869), 305. For a Courtier to know how to weare a fether, and set his cappe a flaunt.

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1840.  Browning, Sordello, IV. 363. Pennons of every blazon once a-flaunt, Men prattled.

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