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Vaunt

//vɔːnt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of vaunting; a boast.

    "the spirits beneath, whom I seduced / with other promises and other vaunts"

  2. 2
    The first part. obsolete

    "the vaunt and firstlings of those broils"

  3. 3
    extravagant self-praise wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To speak boastfully. intransitive

    ""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.""

  2. 2
    show off wordnet
  3. 3
    To speak boastfully about. transitive
  4. 4
    To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. transitive

    "Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).

Etymology 3

From French avant (“before, fore”). See avant, vanguard.

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