单词 | vaunting |
释义 | vauntingn. Now archaic. a. The action of the verb; boasting, bragging. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] yelpc888 yelpinga1050 roosingc1175 boastc1300 avauntment1303 avauntry1330 vauntingc1340 bragc1360 avauntingc1380 boastingc1380 avauntance1393 angarda1400 bragging1399 vaunta1400 crackingc1440 crackc1450 crowing1484 jactancea1492 vaunterya1492 bragancea1500 gloriation?1504 blasta1513 vousting1535 braggery?1571 jactation1576 self-boasting1577 thrasonism1596 braggartry1598 braggartism1601 jactancy1623 braggadocianism1624 blazing1628 jactitation1632 word-braving1642 rodomontadea1648 fanfaronade1652 superbiloquence1656 vapouring1656 rodomontading1661 blow1684 goster1703 gasconade1709 gasconading1709 vauntingness1727 braggadocioa1734 Gasconism1744 Gascoigny1754 braggade1763 gostering1763 penny trumpet1783 cockalorum?a1792 boastfulness1810 vauntage1818 bull-flesh1820 blowing1840 vauntiness1851 kompology1854 loud-mouthing1858 skite1860 gabbing1869 mouth1891 buck1895 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. b. An instance of this; a boast. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > a boast roosec1175 avauntc1380 advancement?a1400 vauntise1477 vousta1500 puff1567 rodomontade1591 flourish1592 rodomontado1598 vauntc1600 vauntery1603 vapour1631 fanfaronade1652 gasconado1658 blow1684 gab1737 vaunting1793 windy1933 line-shoot1941 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. 1. That vaunts or boasts; given or addicted to boasting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] jettingc1450 cracking1528 bragging1530 vousting1535 boasting1552 vaunting1589 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. 2. Of a boastful nature or character; indicative of, proceeding from, boasting or vainglory. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1340adj.1589 |
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