venditation

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noun

boastfulness; showing off.

OriginLatin venditatio →
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Meanings

nounvenditation (usually uncountable, plural venditations)

plural venditations

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyboastfulness; showing off.

    And some, by a cunning protestation against all reading, and false venditation of their own naturals, think to divert the fagacity of their readers from themselves

    1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter

Origin

  1. Latinvenditatio
  2. Englishvenditation

From Latin venditatio, from venditare, venditatum (“to offer again and again for sale”), v. freq. of vendere. See vend.

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Anagrams

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venditation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venditation.

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