bobance

== English == === Alternative forms === bobaunce (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English bobance, from Old French bobance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɒbəns/ === Noun === bobance (archaic) Boasting. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === bobaunce === Etymology === From Old French bobance. === Noun === bobance boasting Late 14th century: For certeinly – I sey for no bobance –/ Yet was I nevere wiþouten purveiance / Of mariage, n’of oþere þynges eek. — Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale ==== Descendants ==== English: bobance ==== References ==== “bobaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Noun === bobance oblique singular, f (oblique plural bobances, nominative singular bobance, nominative plural bobances) bobance (arrogance; excessive pride) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: bobance, bobaunceEnglish: bobance === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bobance”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.