Etymology

jactance

J8A1C3T1A1N1C3E1

Today it means: Boasting; bragging; showing off. Full definition →

French jactance
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromjactance
  2. English todayjactance

From French jactance.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.