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Vaunted Has Latin Roots
The verb vaunt has been used since the 15th century with the meaning “to make a vain display of one’s own worth or attainments”—in other words, “to brag or boast.” Over time, vaunt developed the meaning “to boast of (a particular thing),” as in “the promotional flier vaunts the natural beauty of the area,” and that use gave rise to the adjectival form vaunted. The history of vaunt and vaunted leads back to the Latin word vānus, with the meanings “lacking content, empty, illusory, marked by foolish or empty pride.” The word vain itself is also a descendant of vānus.
Examples of vaunted in a Sentence
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Travel + Leisure Magazine named Boyne’s Bay Harbor the Most Underrated Resort in the Midwest, and Golf Digest rated Bay Harbor in its vaunted Top 100 Public Courses—something very few on this list have accomplished.
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Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
In fairness, David provided far more of a threat coming off the bench for his more vaunted namesake, Jonathan David, in Canada’s 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina (although the latter made up for it with his hat-trick against Qatar on Thursday).
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
To make matters worse, most of the vaunted sums amassed from the IPO are spoken for.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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“Vaunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaunted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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