20 September 2017

vaunt

[vawnt, vahnt]

verb (used with object)

1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of:
to vaunt one’s achievements.
verb (used without object)
2. to speak boastfully; brag.
noun
3. a boastful action or utterance.

Origin of vaunt

Middle English Middle French Late Latin Latin

1350-1400; Middle English vaunten < Middle French vanter to boast < Late Latin vānitāre, frequentative of *vānāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain. See vanity

Related forms

vaunter, noun
vauntingly, adverb
outvaunt, verb (used with object)

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Historical Examples

He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying.
The Iliad
Homer

Thus did he vaunt, but darkness closed the eyes of the other.
The Iliad
Homer

Today’s quote

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

– William Wordsworth

On this day

20 September 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush declares a ‘war on terror’.

20 September 2011 – the U.S. military ends its ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, allowing gay servicemen and women to serve openly.

20 September 2012 – death of Robert G. Barrett, Australian author of books such as ‘Davo’s Little Something’ and the Les Norton series which included, ‘High Noon in Nimbin’, ‘The Tesla Legacy’, ‘Crime Scene Cessnock’, ‘Rosa-Marie’s Baby’, ‘Guns n Rosé’. Barrett sold over 1,000,000 books in Australia. Born 14 November 1942.