jactance rare.
(ˈdʒæktəns)
[a. F. jactance (13th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. jactāntia, f. jactāntem, pr. pple. of jactāre: see jactation and -ance.]
Boasting; vainglorious speaking.
| 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (1495) 4 Vayn glory or iactaunce. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men ii. v. (W. de W. 1506) 95 It is arrogance, iactans, & ypocrysye. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 92 Iactance is, whan a man sercheth for the prayse or laude of other, bostyng hym selfe of ony euyll dede. 1828 [J. R. Best] Italy 163 Let there be no jactance in an epitaph. 1885 Edin. Rev. Apr. 550 She even asks, with a little unnecessary jactance, ‘Don't you imagine [etc.]’. |