vaunt
noun
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L29061 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to boast of something
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /vɔːnt/ / /voːnt/ / /vɔnt/
noun
Etymology: From French avant (“before, fore”). See avant, vanguard.
- The first part.
“the vaunt and firstlings of those broils”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
- 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 war thunders at the gates they hide themselves in terror."”
- To speak boastfully about.
- To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
“Near-synonym: flaunt”
“Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.”