vaunt

[ vawnt, vahnt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.

verb (used without object)
  1. to speak boastfully; brag.

noun
  1. a boastful action or utterance.

Origin of vaunt

1
1350–1400; Middle English vaunten<Middle French vanter to boast <Late Latin vānitāre, frequentative of *vānāre, derivative of Latin vānusvain. See vanity

Other words from vaunt

  • vaunter, noun
  • vaunt·ing·ly, adverb
  • outvaunt, verb (used with object)

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How to use vaunt in a sentence

  • He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms.

    Quisant | Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for vaunt

vaunt

/ (vɔːnt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully

  2. (intr) rare, or literary to use boastful language; brag

noun
  1. a boast

  2. archaic ostentatious display

Origin of vaunt

1
C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain

Derived forms of vaunt

  • vaunter, noun

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