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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boastive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
boas-tive
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

boastful; presumptuous

Archaic

Etymology

From boast + -ive?

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more boastive (comparative) most boastive (superlative)

Questions

What does boastive mean?
boastful; presumptuous
Where does boastive come from?
From boast + -ive?

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