jactance
English
Usage notes
- Often italicized as a foreign loan.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒak.tɑ̃s/
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
jactance f (plural jactances)
- boastfulness, bragging
- Synonym: vantardise
- 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:
- Ces défauts, assez légers dans les salons dorés du faubourg Saint-Germain, […] où cette espèce de jactance, d’apprêt, de tension, si vous voulez, a pour cadre un luxe excessif, des toilettes somptueuses.
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Noun
jactance f (plural jactances)
References
- “jactance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “jactance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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