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Definition of Bloviate
1. Verb. Orate verbosely and windily.
Definition of Bloviate
1. Verb. (American English) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloviate
1. to speak pompously [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloviate
Literary usage of Bloviate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... bloviate (American), a made up or "factitious" word, which has been used since
1850, and is perhaps older. It is irregularly used to signify verbosity, ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"... or, as it was inelegantly expressed in the phrase of the period, "bloviate,"
that he might take issue with him, and confute his not always irrefutable ..."
3. Theatrical and Circus Life: Or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-room and Sawdust by John Joseph Jennings (1882)
"... or the bloviate business manager, the actor " up a stump," or the "super" who
has played the part of a silent but spectacular lictor with John ..."
4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"... "absurdity of exuberant bearing," perhaps will be able to "jump at conclusions
without practical experience," be willing to " bloviate," " veer round," ..."
5. Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz (1912)
"... automatic bloviate ejector in telling his interested auditors about what
a “ripping time” he had with Rose at some dance or ..."
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