bobance
/ˈbɒbəns/
bobance noun: boasting.
Noun
bobance
- Boasting.
- Than thou behelde the synners and the good men; and whan thou saw the synners overcom, thou enclyned to that party for bobbaunce and pryde of the worlde [...].1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV
- ye recke not for honesty, no nor for your own law, nor for deeds of mercy and charity, but in folly, and in Bobance1808, James G. Savage, The Librarian
Examples of bobance in a sentence
- "We've had enough bobance and boasting" said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, →ISBN, page 68:
- she distributed her own clothing amongst the poor, thus demonstrating that the pomp and bobance of the world should be eschewed, and she conformed her unto the Virgin Mary'2002, Gail Ashton, The generation of identity in late medieval hagiography: speaking the saint, →ISBN, page 44:
Forms of bobance
| alternative form | bobaunce |
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Origin of bobance
From Middle English bobance, from Old French bobance.
Questions about bobance
- What does bobance mean?
- Bobance means boasting.
- How do you use bobance in a sentence?
- "We've had enough bobance and boasting" said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.
- What part of speech is bobance?
- Bobance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bobance?
- Bobance is pronounced /ˈbɒbəns/.
Words near bobance in the dictionary
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