venditate

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verb

To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.

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exhibitionizeostentatestrutaura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut round
OriginLatin venditātus →
First used 1600–1678Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbvenditate (third-person singular simple present venditates, present participle venditating, simple past and past participle venditated)

present singular third person venditates · participle present venditating · participle past venditated · past venditated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.First known use 1600–1678

    We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 293

    Synonyms: exhibitionize, ostentate, strut, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.

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exhibitionizeostentatestrutaura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionizefigure awayflamboastflauntflexflossfluff one's feathersgalleryhigh-sidelet one's nuts hangostentostentate
Also see
exhibitionizefigure away

Origin

  1. Latinvenditātus
  2. Englishvenditate

Borrowed from Latin venditātus, perfect passive participle of venditō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of vendō (“to sell”).

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Chicago

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