vaunt

Meanings

Verb

  • To speak boastfully.
  • To speak boastfully about.
  • To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

Noun

  • A boast; an instance of vaunting.
  • The first part.

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Origin

  • From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus ("vain, boastful").
  • French avant ("before, fore"). See avant, vanguard.

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