bovaristic
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bovaristic — bo·va·ris·tic … 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
