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vaunty

vaunty adjective: vaunting; boastful.

Adjective

vaunty (comparative more vaunty, superlative most vaunty)

  1. (archaic) vaunting; boastful

Forms of vaunty

comparativemore vaunty
superlativemost vaunty

Questions about vaunty

What does vaunty mean?
Vaunty means vaunting; boastful.
What part of speech is vaunty?
Vaunty is an adjective.

Words near vaunty in the dictionary

  1. vauntingly
  2. vauntings
  3. vauntmure
  4. vauntmures
  5. vaunts
  6. vaunty
  7. Vaupel
  8. Vaupels
  9. Vaupés
  10. vauqueline
  11. vauquelinite

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