单词 | boaster |
释义 | boastern.1 One who boasts: 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 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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