boastfuladj.

/ˈbəʊstfʊl/

Etymology: < boast n.¹ + -ful suffix.

1. Of words or actions: Full of boasting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful > specifically of words or actions

boastfulc1325

self-boasting1599

vaunting1647

smack-talking1990

c1325 Coer de L. 3827 Bostful wurdes for to crake.

c1440 Bone Flor. 270 My doghtur gete ye noght, For all yowre bostefull fare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 10 Steed threatens Steed, in high and boastfull Neighs.

1867 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims (1875) vii. 171 We have had enough of these boastful recitals.

2. Of persons, or things personified: Given to boasting, ostentatious, self-praising. Const. in, of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful

boastyc1300

bragc1315

boastfulc1380

great-moutheda1425

boggishc1440

avauntinga1513

windy1513

blazing1549

thrasonical1564

vauntful1590

vousty1596

braggadocian1599

self-boasting1599

braggart1604

braggartly?1611

braggadocio1615

braggeda1616

ampullous1622

rodomontado1645

vapouring1649

thrasonic1657

rodomontade1660

flounder-mouthed1663

fanfaron1670

vaunty1724

boastivea1763

Falstaffian1809

bounceable1831

jactant1839

braggadocious1853

blow-hard1855

loud-mouthed1867

flannel-mouthed1884

bull-mouthed1896

poppy-show1896

Tartarin1903

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 2 Þis riche man was boostful in speche.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A v a That he be not to bostfull of his manhod.

1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 52 Boastful of his own knowledge.

1859 W. Whitmore G. Marlowe 10 Time wears to dust the boastful monuments.

†3. ? Menacing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective]

ticklec1325

boastful1382

threatinga1400

menacing?a1439

louringa1450

shoring1513

threatening1530

minatory1532

threatful?1567

minanta1657

minacious1660

menaceful1742

minitant1854

minitabund1890

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xii. 31 [David] sawede the puple of it, and ladde about upon hem boostful yren carris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	boastful
释义	boastfuladj. /ˈbəʊstfʊl/ Etymology: < boast n.¹ + -ful suffix. 1. Of words or actions: Full of boasting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful > specifically of words or actions boastfulc1325 self-boasting1599 vaunting1647 smack-talking1990 c1325 Coer de L. 3827 Bostful wurdes for to crake. c1440 Bone Flor. 270 My doghtur gete ye noght, For all yowre bostefull fare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 10 Steed threatens Steed, in high and boastfull Neighs. View more context for this quotation 1867 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims (1875) vii. 171 We have had enough of these boastful recitals. 2. Of persons, or things personified: Given to boasting, ostentatious, self-praising. Const. in, of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful boastyc1300 bragc1315 boastfulc1380 great-moutheda1425 boggishc1440 avauntinga1513 windy1513 blazing1549 thrasonical1564 vauntful1590 vousty1596 braggadocian1599 self-boasting1599 braggart1604 braggartly?1611 braggadocio1615 braggeda1616 ampullous1622 rodomontado1645 vapouring1649 thrasonic1657 rodomontade1660 flounder-mouthed1663 fanfaron1670 vaunty1724 boastivea1763 Falstaffian1809 bounceable1831 jactant1839 braggadocious1853 blow-hard1855 loud-mouthed1867 flannel-mouthed1884 bull-mouthed1896 poppy-show1896 Tartarin1903 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 2 Þis riche man was boostful in speche. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A v a That he be not to bostfull of his manhod. 1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 52 Boastful of his own knowledge. 1859 W. Whitmore G. Marlowe 10 Time wears to dust the boastful monuments. †3. ? Menacing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] ticklec1325 boastful1382 threatinga1400 menacing?a1439 louringa1450 shoring1513 threatening1530 minatory1532 threatful?1567 minanta1657 minacious1660 menaceful1742 minitant1854 minitabund1890 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xii. 31 [David] sawede the puple of it, and ladde about upon hem boostful yren carris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1325
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