gloat

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse glotta (to grin scornfully) or Middle High German glotzen. Cognate with German glotzen (to gawk, to goggle)[1].

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gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)

  1. To exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

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[edit] Noun

gloat (plural gloats)

  1. An act or instance of gloating.

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[edit] References

  1. ^gloat” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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