boastsome

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adjective

Indicative of boast or boasting; bragging; boastful.

OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English boast →
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Meanings

adjectiveboastsome (comparative more boastsome, superlative most boastsome)

comparative more boastsome · superlative most boastsome

  1. Indicative of boast or boasting; bragging; boastful.

    Ye have much cause for envy — but not all. We boastsome rich ones, whom the Gospel sways, And one who wears a coronet and prays; [...]

    1822, William Cowper, The poems of William Cowper - Volume 1 - Page 74

Origin

  1. Englishboast
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishboastsome

From boast + -some.

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Chicago

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