Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boasting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A boasting; a bragging.
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- noun obsolete
boasting ;bragging
Etymologies
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Latin jactantia, from jactans, present participle of jactare to throw, boast, freq. from jacere to throw; compare French jactance.
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