Obs. Also 4 -arie, 5 -erye. [a. OF. *avanterie, n. of quality f. avanteur: see AVAUNTER and -Y.] Boastfulness, boasting.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 194. Rebuke him for þat ilk of þat auauntrie.
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 124. That I may never … Of love make avauntarie.
1491. Caxton, Vitas Patr., I. i. 4 a/2. Lete us flee vayne glory, pryde and auaunterye.
