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    [Adjective]  | "vaunt*ed" | \ ˈvȯn-təd \


    1: highly or widely praised or boasted about


    Origin: 1567 ;

     From past participle of {see: |vaunt:1|vaunt:1};

    [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|};

    [Verb]  | "vaunted" 


    1: to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess;


      * e.g., " ... even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit "



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    [Verb]  | "vaunt" 


    1: to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess;


      * e.g., " ... even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit "



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     [ "VAUNT" ]

    1: This is the state of one being boastful and proud.

      * e.g.,  ... He's vaunt destroys his personality. 

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