jactancy
(ˈdʒæktənsɪ)
[ad. L. jactāntia: see prec. and -ancy.]
Boastfulness, vainglory; boasting.
| 1623 Cockeram, Iactancie, boasting. 1841 Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 223, I speak not this in any jactancy or self-laudation. 1884 S. St. John Hayti ii. 51 Rigaud had,..with his usual jactancy, marched on Port-au-Prince to expel the English. |