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jactance
noun
jac·tance
\ˈjaktən(t)s\
variants: or
jactancy
\-nsē\Definition of jactance
jactances
orjactancies
: vainglorious boasting jactance, vanity, peculation to the ruin of 20 years' labor — Ezra Pound
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Origin and Etymology of jactance
Middle French & Latin; Middle French jactance, from Latin jactantia, from jactant-, jactans (present participle of jactare to throw, shake, speak out, boast) + -ia -y
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