boast
English
/bəʊst/, /boʊst/
noun
Definitions
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- Something that one brags about.
- (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English boosten derived from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (bad, arrogant, puffed up, inflated, proud, swollen, worthless).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bausuz
Gloss
bad, arrogant, puffed up, inflated, proud, swollen, worthless
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boaster English
- boastest English
- boasteth English
- boastful English
- boastfully English
- boastfulness English
- boastive English
- boastless English
- boastly English
- boastsome English
- boastworthy English
- outboast English
- unboastful English
- *bauscia Latin
- Bosheit German
- Böse German
- Bösewicht German
- bitterböse German
- bösartig German
- böse German
- bugia Italian
- boos Dutch, Flemish
- boosaardig Dutch, Flemish
- boosdoener Dutch, Flemish
- boosheid Dutch, Flemish
- booswicht Dutch, Flemish
- bozig Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bausuz Proto-Germanic
- boosten Middle English
- bostful Middle English
- Bosi Old Norse
- bousán Galician
- bôse Middle Dutch
- bosi Old High German
- bōsi Old High German
- bœse Middle High German
- bōsi Old Dutch
- bosi Old Saxon
- bauzia Old Occitan