bovarism
[ boh-vuh-riz-uh m ]
/ ˈboʊ vəˌrɪz əm /
noun
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
OTHER WORDS FROM bovarism
bo·va·rist, noun bo·va·ris·tic, adjectiveWords nearby bovarism
bouts-rimés,
bouvardia,
bouvier,
bouvier des flandres,
bouzouki,
bovarism,
bovate,
bovet,
bovid,
bovine,
bovine growth hormone