/
vɔːnt/
v.
[
usu. as adj. vaunted]
boast about or praise (something) excessively.
n.
archaic a boast.
Derivative
- vaunter n.
- vaunting adj.
- vauntingly adv.
Etymology
ME: the noun a shortening of obs. avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb from OFr. vanter, from late L. vantare, based on L. vanus ‘vain, empty’.
