| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A boasting.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BOBANCE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1400. (references) |
| Etymology:Bobance \Bo*bance"\, noun. [Old French expression bobance, French bombance, boasting, pageantry, from the Latin expression bombus humming, buzzing.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BOBANCE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] bobans'. A boasting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (archaic) boasting late C14: For certeinly - I sey for no bobance -/ Yet was I nevere wiþouten purveiance / Of mariage, n'of oþere þynges eek. — Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale. (references) | ||
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