jac·tance
| \ ˈjaktən(t)s \
variants:
or jactancy \
-nsē
\
plural jactances or jactancies
Definition of jactance
: vainglorious boasting
jactance, vanity, peculation to the ruin of 20 years' labor— Ezra Pound
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