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61cock-a-hoop — /kok euh hoohp , hoop , kok euh hoohp , hoop /, adj. 1. in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated: He was cock a hoop over his victory. 2. askew; out of kilter: He knocked his hat cock a hoop. [1520 30; orig. uncert.] * * * …
62tout — /towt/, Informal. v.i. 1. to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately. 2. Horse Racing. to act as a tout. v.t. 3. to solicit support for importunately. 4. to describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote; praise… …
63vapor — vaporable, adj. vaporability, n. vaporer, n. vaporless, adj. vaporlike, adj. /vay peuhr/, n. 1. a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs. 2.… …
64vaunt — vaunter, n. vauntingly, adv. /vawnt, vahnt/, v.t. 1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one s achievements. v.i. 2. to speak boastfully; brag. n. 3. a boastful action or utterance. [1350 1400; ME vaunten < MF vanter to boast < LL… …
65vaunted — /vawn tid, vahn /, adj. praised boastfully or excessively: the vaunted beauties of Paris. [1625 35; VAUNT + ED2] * * * …
66vaunting — /vawn ting, vahn /, adj. 1. having a boastfully proud disposition: a vaunting dictator. 2. marked by boastful pride: a vaunting air of superiority. [1580 90; VAUNT + ING2] * * * …
67Carolingian Schools — • Established under the Merovingian Kings, a school, scola palatina, the chroniclers of the eighth century styled it for the training of the young Frankish nobles in the art of war and in the ceremonies of the court Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
68Merneptah I (Pharaoh) — Merneptah I † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Merneptah I (1234? 1214 B.C.), the fourth king of the nineteenth Egyptian dynasty and the supposed Pharaoh of the Exodus, was the thirteenth son of Rameses II whom he succeeded in or about 1234… …
69vaunt — 1. verb /vɔːnt,vɔnt,vɑnt/ To speak boastfully. The number, said he, is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of… …
70boastingly — adverb boastfully …
