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VAUNTIE, adj., n. Also va(u)nty, vantie; †vandie; vannie. [′vǫnte, ′vɑnti]

I. adj. Of persons: proud, boastful, vain (Sc. 1808 Jam.); proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy (Knr. 1825 Jam., vandie; Dmf. 1928, vannie), pleased, elated (Slg. 1973). Occas. of things, esp. of dress. Rare and dial. in Eng. Now chiefly liter.Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 20:
Although my father was nae laird, 'Tis daffin to be vaunty.ne.Sc. 1768 in A. Ross Works (S.T.S.) 6:
They're grown sae ugertfu' and vaunty.Ayr. 1790 Burns Tam o' Shanter 173–4:
In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, she was vauntie.Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 131:
But up she rose as quick as fire, And to't again as vaunty.Dmf. 1831 The Sun (London) (27 June):
A fair daughter, of whom she is somewhat proud and vauntie.Kcd. 1844 W. Jamie Muse 50:
Indeed, Gudewife, ye're dear to me, Of you I am right vaunty.Per. a.1860 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) XIII. 227:
Wi' bonnet sae vaunty, an' owerlay sae clean.Hdg. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 88:
We've got a judge and referee (Cried I, right vauntie!).Gall. 1900 R. J. Muir Mystery Muncraig iii.:
A window that my neighbour the grocer was very vaunty about.Sc. 1920 A. Gray Songs from Heine 18:
I see a vauntie glance come in your ee.Abd. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel Fae Hame 57:
I felt right vauntie!em.Sc.(a) 1991 Kate Armstrong in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 111:
A chiel
thocht vaunty, screivit in the derk
Thon's no ma name; cry me Hentool,
Tongsyabas, a yaird o reid an blue. Abd. 1996 Sheena Middleton in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 30:
"Bit caa cannie, fur tho she's bonny, she's pouerfu an slee, the maist pouerfu witch on Deeside."
The kelpie tossed his heid vauntie-like. The quine luikit hairmless an sma boukit. em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 13:
Its veins that yince ran cauld an caller,
Daffin an vauntie throu the glens,
Spew up in spleiterin cloods o reik
Tae bile an brust amang the bens.

II. n 'A vain, vaunting, self-conceited fellow, a braggadocio' (Fif. 1825 Jam., vandie).