" vaunt "

[Verb]  | "vaunt" | \ ˈvȯnt \

1: to make a vain display of one's own worth or attainments : brag

2: to call attention to pridefully and often boastfully

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English vaunten "to speak vainly, boast," borrowed from Anglo-French vanter, vaunter, going back to Late Latin vānitāre (only in participial forms vānitantēs, vānitantia), frequentative derivative of *vānāre "to make a vain display," derivative of Latin vānus "lacking content, empty, illusory, marked by foolish or empty pride" {mat|wane:1|};

[Noun]  | "vaunt" 

1: a vainglorious display of what one is or has or has done

2: a bragging assertive statement

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, probably aphetic form of avaunt "boast," noun derivative of avaunten "to boast, brag," borrowed from Anglo-French avanter "to boast about," from a-, prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad-) + vanter "to boast" , {mat|vaunt:1|};

[Noun]  | "vaunt-cou*ri*er" | \ vȯnt-ˈku̇r-ē-ər \

1: forerunner

Origin: 1560 ;

 Borrowed from Middle French avant-courrier, literally, "advance courier";

[Noun]  | "vaunt" 

[Verb]  | "vaunt"