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21Ostentate — Os ten*tate, v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See {Ostent}.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …
22Wimund — was a bishop who became a sea faring war lord adventurer in the years after 1147. His story is passed down to us by 12th century English historian William of Newburgh in his Historia rerum anglicarum , Book I, Chapter 24 entitled Of bishop Wimund …
23The Love Suicides at Amijima — ( Shinjū Ten no Amijima or Shinjūten no Amijima 心中天網島) is a domestic play ( sewamono ) by Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally written for the jōruri puppet theatre, it was adapted into kabuki shortly after its premiere. The play… …
24boast — boast1 boastingly, adv. boastless, adj. /bohst/, v.i. 1. to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself. 2. to speak with pride (often fol. by of): He boasted of his family s wealth. v.t. 3. to speak of with excessive pride or …
25talk — talkable, adj. talkability, n. talker, n. /tawk/, v.i. 1. to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry. 2. to consult or confer: Talk with your adviser. 3. to spread a rumor or tell a confidence; gossip.… …
26bloviate — (v.) 1857, Amer.Eng., a Midwestern word for to talk aimlessly and boastingly; to indulge in high falutin , according to Farmer (1890), who seems to have been the only British lexicographer to notice it. He says it was based on BLOW (Cf. blow)… …
27braggingly — adv. boastingly, arrogantly, pompously …
28flauntingly — adv. boastingly, in a showy manner …
29boast — boast1 verb 1》 talk with excessive pride and self satisfaction about oneself. 2》 possess (a feature that is a source of pride). noun an act of boasting. Derivatives boaster noun boasting adjective boastingly adverb Origin ME: of unknown origin …
30vainly — ad. 1. Without effect, ineffectually, in vain, to no purpose, in a vain manner. 2. Proudly, arrogantly, boastingly, vauntingly. 3. Idly, foolishly …
