Meaning of てらう in Japanese

Definition of てらう

てらう(terau) 【衒う】

きをてらう(kiwoterau) 【奇を衒う ·奇をてらう】

(exp, v5u) to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

てらうけ(terauke) 【寺請 ·寺請け】

てらうけせいど(teraukeseido) 【寺請制度】

(n) system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith