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tipsy boast dashing endow heiress
tipsy
tip‧sy /ˈtɪpsi/ adjective informal
slightly drunk
--tipsily adverb --tipsiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
boast
/bəʊst $ boʊst/verb
- [intransitive and transitive] to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions:
- 'I wouldn't be afraid,' she boasted.
- boast that
- Amy boasted that her son was a genius.
- boast about
- He's boasting about how much money he has made
- boast of
- The company is inclined to boast of its success.
- [transitive not in progressive] if a place, object, or organization boasts something, it has something that is very good:
- The city boasts two excellent museums.
- THe Society boasts 3000 members worldwide.
-[boaster] noun [countable]
dashing
dash·ing /ˈdæʃɪŋ/adjective
a man who is dashing wears nice clothes and is very attractive and confident:
- a dashing young doctor
endow
/ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb [transitive]
to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income
endow somebody/something with something phrasal verb formal
- to make someone or something have a particular quality, or to believe that they have it:
- Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status
- be endowed with something to naturally have a good feature or quality:
- She was endowed with good looks
- to give someone something
heiress
/ˈeərəs, ˈeərɪs, ˈeəres $ ˈer-/ noun [countable]
a woman who will receive or has received a lot of money or property after the death of an older member of her family
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English