Liliputin -4662

The naked emperor Trump never misses the chance to flaunt his new clothes ... "
Hans Christian Andersen

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
http://stihi.ru/2021/11/24/7101

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flaunt
verb

flaunted; flaunting; flaunts
Synonyms of flaunt
intransitive verb

1: to display or obtrude oneself to public notice

a great flaunting crowd
—Charles Dickens


the flag flaunts in the breeze

transitive verb

1: to display ostentatiously or impudently :
 PARADE
flaunting his superiority

a chance to flaunt clothes, bodies, and sexuality
—New Yorker

2: to treat contemptuously
flaunted the rules
—Louis Untermeyer

flaunt noun
flauntingly
; adverb
flaunty
adjective
Flaunt vs. Flout: Usage Guide

Although the "treat contemptuously" sense of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard.

meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law
—Oscar Lewis

observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men … put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth
—Marchette Chute

in our profession … very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles
—R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bull.

If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of "flaunt, parade" is found occasionally.

"The proper pronunciation," the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, "is pree feeks"
—Mike Royko

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Ivanka Trump flaunts her long legs