See Also: avaunt(1)(dictionary)
avaunt(2)(dictionary)

risposta (iou) and avaunt(1) (iou)


risposta (iou)



risposta noun. . L19.
[Italian = a reply.]
Music. A fugal response.

avaunt(1) (iou)



avaunt verb1 & noun1.ME.
[Old French avanter, avaunter, formed as A-5 + VAUNT verb.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Boast or brag of; praise; vaunt (oneself). ME-L16.
verb intrans. Boast, brag. LME-L16.
b. noun. Boasting, bragging; a brag, a boast. LME-L16.
? VAUNT noun1, verb partly from this.