bovarist

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• bovarist — bo·va·rist …   English syllables

• bovarism — bovarist, n. bovaristic, adj. /boh veuh riz euhm/, n. an exaggerated, esp. glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. [1900 05; < F bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert s novel Madame Bovary (1857); see ISM] * * * …   Universalium

• bovaristic — adjective see bovarist …   Useful english dictionary