venditate means to exhibit, as though for sale; to show off. It carries an Arena rating of 1529, earned across 107 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, venditate ranks #3,606 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #3,974 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #4,705 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #5,330 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “venditate” is a great word
VENDITATE — [Verb] To display or offer something, especially one's own qualities or works, in a showy or boastful manner as if for sale. From the Latin venditare, a frequentative verb based on vendere ("to sell"). First attested in English c. 1600. Unlike "flaunt," which suggests a vulgar display meant to inspire envy, or "tout," which implies persistent public recommendation for gain, to venditate is to engage in a calculated, promotional performance, as if marketing a commodity. It is the poet reading his verses with the inflection of an auctioneer, the socialite angling her profile in the lamplight as a merchant arranges his wares, or the scholar lacing a lecture with preemptive defenses of his forthcoming thesis—the quiet, sad theatre of packaging the soul for public bid.
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin venditare, frequentative of vendere (“to sell”).
verb
- To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.e.g.“We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]” — , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.293
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