Skited

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To boast or brag about oneself or one’s achievements in a proud or ostentatious manner
2. To speak with excessive pride regarding personal accomplishments or qualities, often to impress others
3. To talk in a manner intended to show off or elevate oneself, especially by exaggerating successes or possessions

Etymology: "Skited" is the past tense and past participle of "skite," a verb meaning to boast or show off. The verb's ancestry runs through Old Norse and back to a Germanic root meaning "to shoot," and it has a surprising cousin in a much coarser word. Its line of descent is tangled: one strand from Middle English "skiten" comes from Old Norse "skíta," which is related to the Proto-Germanic word for dung, and it shares that root with "shit" and "shite," which descend from the same source by separate routes. A second strand comes from Old Norse "skjóta," meaning "to shoot," and this is the root that makes "skite" a doublet of "shoot." So the same ancestral root gave English a word for a bodily waste product, and also a word for a sudden, forceful dart or projectile. How the sense of boasting attached to these ancestors is not something the sources here explain, so the link between the verb's current meaning and its origins remains only partly traceable.

Synonyms: boasted, bragged, showed off

Antonyms: humble, downplayed, understated