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Inflated; boastful.

INFLATE
Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.
INFLATED
Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc. (more info) 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. 2. Turgid;
BOASTFUL
Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
INFLATER
One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.
INFLATINGLY
In a manner tending to inflate.
INFLATIONIST
One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.
INFLATABLE
That may be inflated.
INFLATUS
A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus. Mrs. Browning.
INFLATION
1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from