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Latin
Etymology
iactāns + -ter
Adverb
iactanter (comparative iactantius, superlative iactantissimē)
- arrogantly, boastfully
Usage notes
The comparative iactantius is attested in Tacitus’ Annals (c. 117 CE), but iactanter otherwise appears only from Late Latin on.
References
- “iactanter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- jactanter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “iactanter”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 180