vaunt.
To speak boastfully.
Meaning & usage
To speak boastfully.
To speak boastfully about.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
An instance of vaunting; a boast.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
The first part.
Where this word comes from
From French avant (“before, fore”). See avant, vanguard.
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