VAUNT


Meaning of VAUNT in English

v. & n. literary

v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully.

n. a boast. vaunter n. vauntingly adv.

[ ME f. AF vaunter, OF vanter f. LL vantare f. L vanus VAIN: partly obs. avaunt (v.) f. avanter f. a- intensive + vanter ]

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