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单词 boaster
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boastern.1

Brit. /ˈbəʊstə/, U.S. /ˈboʊstər/
Forms: Middle English bostere, booster, bostour, boosteere, Middle English–1500s boster, Middle English boister, bostare, bostoure, Middle English–1500s boastar, 1500s bostar, 1500s– boaster.
Etymology: < boast v.1 + -er suffix1.
One who boasts:
a. a loud talker (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] > in specific ways
speakera1340
breatherc1384
boasterc1400
rattlerc1449
brawler1581
shredder1592
venter1611
speak-truth1614
ranter1649
bawler1656
yelper1673
mouther1746
spouter1759
oralist1867
mushmouth1868
loudmouth1870
megaphonist1906
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1499 Now a boster on benche bibbes þer-of.
b. One who threatens. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > verbal threatening > one who
boasterc1375
c1375 J. Wyclif Antecrist in Three Treat. (Todd) 131 Þei chesen to hem boosters sotil men & slyȝe, riche, proude, & Japers.
?a1400 Chester Pl. 106 I wotte, by this boisters beare That tribute I muste paye.
c. One who extols his own deeds or excellences, a braggart, vaunter, arrogant person. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster
yelper1340
avaunterc1374
braggerc1390
fare-makerc1440
seggerc1440
shakerc1440
vaunter1484
roosera1500
praterc1500
cracker1509
vouster?a1513
boaster1574
Thrasoa1576
braggarta1577
braver1589
glorioser1589
bragout1592
rodomont1592
braggadocio1594
gloriosoc1599
puckfist1600
burgullian1601
puff1601
forthputtera1610
rodomontado1609
ostentator1611
fanfaron1622
potgun1623
thrasonist1626
cracka1640
vapourer1653
braggadocian1654
rodomontadist1655
charlatan1670
brag1671
rodomontade1683
gasconader1709
rodomontader1730
Gascon1757
spread eagle1809
bag of wind1816
penny trumpeter1828
spraga1838
gasser1855
blow-hard1857
blower1863
crower1864
gabber1869
flannel-mouth1882
punk-fist1890
skiter1898
Tartarin1903
blow1904
skite1906
poofter1916
trombenik1922
shooter of lines1941
fat-mouth1942
wide-mouth1959
Wheneye1982
trash talker1986
braggarist-
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 885 A craker, a boaster, a glorious personne.
1748 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 2 Feb. (1966) II. 394 Complainers are seldom pity'd, and boasters yet seldomer believ'd.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 July 113 The Boaster..blusters only to be praised.
1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. ix. 6 He plucks the boaster's song out of his mouth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boastern.2

Brit. /ˈbəʊstə/, U.S. /ˈboʊstər/
Etymology: < boast v.2 + -er suffix1.
A broad-faced chisel used by masons in making the surface of a stone nearly smooth.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > chisel > [noun] > for cutting stone or brick
tool1727
point1728
drove1825
prick1837
boaster1842
bolster1908
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 936 Boaster, a tool used by masons to make the surface of the work nearly smooth. It is two inches wide in the cutting part.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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