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Word: Vaunt
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: the noun a shortening of obsolete avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘use boastful language’) from Old French vanter, from late Latin vantare, based on Latin vanus ‘vain, empty’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
vɔːnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
boast about or praise (something), especially excessively
Short Definition:boast about
Examples:- he was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country
- an autobiographer is simultaneously vaunted and castigated for revealing more than is deemed proper
Word: Vaunt
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
vɔːnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a boast.
Short Definition:boast
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