vaunt
11vaunt — ► VERB (usu. as adj. vaunted) ▪ boast about or praise. DERIVATIVES vaunting adjective. ORIGIN Latin vantare, from vanus vain, empty …
12vaunt — [vônt, vänt] vi. [ME vaunten < OFr vanter < LL(Ec) vanitare < L vanus,VAIN] to boast; brag vt. to boast about (something); brag of n. a boast; brag SYN. BOAST2 vaunted adj. vaunter n …
13vaunt|ed — «VAWN tihd, VAHN », adjective. boasted or bragged of; highly praised: »the vaunted triumphs of civilization …
14vaunt|er — «VAWN tuhr, VAHN », noun. 1. a boaster or braggart. 2. a person who boastfully asserts or praises something …
15vaunt|y — «VAWN tee, VAHN », adjective. British Dialect and Scottish. boastful; proud; vain …
16vaunt — 1. verb /vɔːnt,vɔnt,vɑnt/ To speak boastfully. The number, said he, is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of… …
17vaunt — [[t]vɔnt, vɑnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to boast of: to vaunt one s achievements[/ex] 2) to speak boastfully; brag 3) a boastful action or utterance • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME vaunten < MF vanter to boast < LL vānitāre, der. of L vānus vain vaunt′er,… …
18vaunt — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, frequentative of Latin *vanare, from vanus vain Date: 15th century intransitive verb to make a vain display of one s own worth or attainments ; brag transitive …
19vaunt — vaunter, n. vauntingly, adv. /vawnt, vahnt/, v.t. 1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one s achievements. v.i. 2. to speak boastfully; brag. n. 3. a boastful action or utterance. [1350 1400; ME vaunten < MF vanter to boast < LL… …
20vaunt — /vɔnt / (say vawnt) verb (t) 1. to speak vaingloriously or boastfully of: *The much vaunted militancy of early trade unionism in Australia rarely was extended to protect women –anne summers, 1975. –verb (i) 2. Poetic to talk vaingloriously or… …
