jactancen.
/ˈdʒakt(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈdʒækt(ə)ns/ rare.
Boasting; vainglorious speaking.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun]
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a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. iiii/2 Vayn glory or Iactaunce.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. vii. sig. k.i It is arrogance, iactance, & ypocresye.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiiv Iactance, is whan a man sertcheth for the prayse or laude of other, in bostynge hym selfe of any yuell dede.
1828 H. D. Best Italy 163 Let there be no jactance in an epitaph.
1885 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 550 She even asks, with a little unnecessary jactance, ‘Don't you imagine [etc.]’.
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