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单词 vaunting
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vauntingn.

Etymology: < vaunt v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaunting.
Now archaic.
a. The action of the verb; boasting, bragging.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun]
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jactancea1492
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bragancea1500
gloriation?1504
blasta1513
vousting1535
braggery?1571
jactation1576
self-boasting1577
thrasonism1596
braggartry1598
braggartism1601
jactancy1623
braggadocianism1624
blazing1628
jactitation1632
word-braving1642
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fanfaronade1652
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gasconade1709
gasconading1709
vauntingness1727
braggadocioa1734
Gasconism1744
Gascoigny1754
braggade1763
gostering1763
penny trumpet1783
cockalorum?a1792
boastfulness1810
vauntage1818
bull-flesh1820
blowing1840
vauntiness1851
kompology1854
loud-mouthing1858
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skiting1916
boosterism1926
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng and vanite.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. H4, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) I could alwayes finde an Asse by his braying, and scorne a rascall though he were neuer so full of vaunting.
1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xvii. 7 As for the illusions of arte Magicke, they were put downe, and their vaunting in wisedome was reprooued with disgrace. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 106 You say, you are a better Souldier: Let it appeare so; make your vaunting true. View more context for this quotation
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. vii. 176 Be moderate in speech, and forbear oaths or vaunting.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 349 To our generation the honest vaunting of our ancestors must appear almost ludicrous.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 112 The Earl of Flanders..having, in his vain vaunting, defeated so important a project.
attributive.c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxiv. 40 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 72 The hartes vprightly playn Shall haue their vaunting scope.
b. An instance of this; a boast.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > a boast
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1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 27 His vauntings increase with his disgraces.
a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) xxi. 550 Let me never in my father's courts Such vauntings hear of thine again.
1838 C. Dickens Let. 1 Feb. (1965) I. 365 We had many delightful vauntings of the same kind.
1877 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. I. 133/2 The hypocritical vauntings of Clytemnestra.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

vauntingadj.

Etymology: < vaunt v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvaunting.
1. That vaunts or boasts; given or addicted to boasting.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective]
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cock-a-doodle-dooing1599
flourishing1616
vapouring1647
rodomontading1691
gasconade1714
gasconading1717
1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Dv No matter though such vanting vpstarts..become the scoffe of a Scholler.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 42 Many a noble man lies starke and stiffe, Vnder the hoofes of vaunting enemies. View more context for this quotation
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 231 I my selfe have seen these vaunting Mountebanks calling themselves Psylli.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A vaunting woman, ostentatrice.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week i. 39 Begin thy carrols then, thou vaunting slouch.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Braggard A bragging, vaunting, vain glorious fellow.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 228 Would to God, Richard, or any of his vaunting minions of England, would appear in these lists!
1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. ii. 45 An empty, vaunting person who has brass enough to face the world and to say there is no God in it.
1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 195 In the evenings he was vaunting, boastful, and declared he could play even Renshaw at evens.
in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iii. 4 Nim, rowse thy vaunting Veines: Boy, brissle thy Courage vp. View more context for this quotation
2. Of a boastful nature or character; indicative of, proceeding from, boasting or vainglory.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful > specifically of words or actions
boastfulc1325
self-boasting1599
vaunting1647
smack-talking1990
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (at cited word) Vaunting and bragging wordes.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 252 The vaunting accounts given by the Spaniards of her size, her guns, and her strength.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 134/1 The vaunting shouts and songs of the barbarians.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 66 Does not Pyrrho likewise speak in a ‘vaunting manner’ on several occasions?
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 583 Over one gate had been placed a vaunting inscription which defied the allies to wrench the prize from the grasp of France.
1897 ‘S. Tytler’ Lady Jean's Son 205 Rejoicing over him in a vaunting and insolent manner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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