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Flaunt vs Fiaunt - What's the difference?

flaunt | fiaunt |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between flaunt and fiaunt

is that flaunt is (obsolete) to wave or flutter smartly in the wind while fiaunt is (obsolete) commission; fiat; order; decree.

As a verb flaunt

is (obsolete) to wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

As a noun fiaunt is

(obsolete) commission; fiat; order; decree.

flaunt

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
  • To parade, display with ostentation.
    • She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
  • * 1856 , ,
    • [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
  • * 1897 , ,
    • … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with flout.

    fiaunt

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) commission; fiat; order; decree
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)