Definition of "vauntful" [vaunt•ful]

• Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious. (adjective)

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• "How many vauntful attributes are there not in fatness, and how well saith the poet,"
• "When the prima-donna of some vauntful city trills her bird-song above the foot-lights, or the cremona moans out the sigh of night-winds through the forest, artificial townsfolk applaud."
• "M'Clellan is now safe, under the protection of the gun-boats, which have again proved of the utmost value in the strangest campaign on record, is probably true; but the contrast between the vauntful promises and the almost piteous reference to the last date at which guns were lost is very significant."