Etymology dictionary. 2014.
vaunt — vaunt·er; vaunt·ery; vaunt·ful; vaunt·ing·ly; vaunt·lay; vaunt; vaunt·ie; … English syllables
Vaunt — Vaunt, v. t. [See {Avant}, {Advance}.] To put forward; to display. [Obs.] Vaunted spear. Spenser. [1913 Webster] And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vaunt — Vaunt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaunting}.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See {Vain}.] To boast; to make a vain display of one s own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vaunt — Vaunt, n. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. [1913 Webster] The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vaunt — Vaunt, n. [F. avant before, fore. See {Avant}, {Vanguard}.] The first part. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vaunt — Vaunt, v. t. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. [1913 Webster] Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. [1913 Webster] My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vaunt- — prefix an AF. variant of vant . (For examples see vaunt chase, courier, etc.) … Useful english dictionary
vaunt — index jactation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vaunt — vb *boast, brag, crow, gasconade Analogous words: parade, flaunt, exhibit, display, *show: magnify, aggrandize, *exalt … New Dictionary of Synonyms
vaunt — ► VERB (usu. as adj. vaunted) ▪ boast about or praise. DERIVATIVES vaunting adjective. ORIGIN Latin vantare, from vanus vain, empty … English terms dictionary
