Definitions for bovarism

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bovarism bo·va·rism

Spelling: [boh-vuh-riz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈboʊ vəˌrɪz əm/

Bovarism is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in bovarism (abimorsv).

Definitions for bovarism

noun

1. an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.

Origin of bovarism

1900-05; French bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (1857); see -ism

Examples for bovarism

There is, however, this difference in the bovarism of Nature's most exquisite moments.