bloviate
1845, US, Ohio, from blow ("speak idly, boast") + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate. Pronunciation
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1845, US, Ohio, from blow ("speak idly, boast") + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/
bloviate (bloviates, present participle bloviating; past and past participle bloviated)
- (US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
- 1845, Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 14 Oct. 3/1:
- Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation.
- 1845, Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 14 Oct. 3/1:
- See also Thesaurus:talk.
- French: parler pompeusement
- Italian: concionare (pompously, not boastfully)
- Russian: (colloquial) почесать язы́к
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