<blockquote>One <b>flaunts</b> in rags, one flutters in brocade. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Flaunt</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Flaunt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.</def>
<h1>Flaunt</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Flaunt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything displayed for show.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>In these my borrowed <b>flaunts</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Flauntingly</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Flaunt"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flaunting way.</def>
<h1>Flautist</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Flau"tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>flauto</ets> a flute See <er>Flute</er>.]</ety> <def>A player on the flute; a flutist.</def>
<h1>Flauto</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Flau"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>A flute.</def>
<cs><col>Flaute piccolo</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[It., little flute]</ety>, <cd>an octave flute.</cd> -- <col>Flauto traverso</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <ety>[It., transverse flute]</ety>, <cd>the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old <i>fl\'96te a bec<i>, with a mouth piece at the end.</cd></cs>
<h1>Flavaniline</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla*van"i*line</hw> <tt>(? ∨ ?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavus</ets> yellow + E. <ets>aniline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, <chform>C16H14N2</chform>, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.</def>
<h1>Flavescent</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla*ves"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavescens</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>flavescere</ets> to turn yellow.]</ety> <def>Turning yellow; yellowish.</def>
<h1>Flavicomous</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla*vic"o*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavicomus</ets>; <ets>flavus</ets> yellow + <ets>coma</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>Having yellow hair.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Flavin</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla"vin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavus</ets> yellow.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.</def>
<h1>Flavine</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla"vine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow, crystalline, organic base, <chform>C13H12N2O</chform>, obtained artificially.</def>
<h1>Flavol</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla"vol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavus</ets> yellow + <ets>-oil</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.</def>
<h1>Flavor</h1> <Xpage=568>
<hw>Fla"vor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fleur</ets>, <ets>flaur</ets> (two syllables), odor, cf. F. <ets>fleurer</ets> to emit an odor, It. <ets>flatore</ets> a bad odor, prob. fr. L. <ets>flare</ets> to bow, whence the sense of <ets>exhalation</ets>. Cf. <er>Blow</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>flavour</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; <as>as, the <ex>flavor</ex> of a rose</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; <as>as, the <ex>flavor</ex> of food or drink</as>.</def>
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.