vaunt. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

vaunt

PRONUNCIATION:	vônt, vnt
VERB:	Inflected forms: vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To speak boastfully of; brag about.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To speak boastfully; brag. See synonyms at boast¹.
NOUN:	1. A boastful remark. 2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vnitre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vnre, from vnus, empty. See eu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	vaunter —NOUN vaunting·ly —ADVERB


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