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[bloh-vee-eyt] Origin

blo·vi·ate

[bloh-vee-eyt]
verb (used without object), blo·vi·at·ed, blo·vi·at·ing.
to speak pompously.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; pseudo-Latin alteration of blow to boast; popularized by W. G. Harding

blo·vi·a·tion, noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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bloviation
"pompous oratory," c.1890; from bloviate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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