Obs. [a. OF. boban, bobant, in same sense: see prec.] Pride, boasting; = BOBANCE.
c. 1314. Guy Warw. (A.), 2816. Þe riche soudan, So prout he is, & of so gret boban.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 38. Not hauing her herte to the bobant of the worlde.
c. 1489. Caxton, Sonnes of Aymon, viii. 193. By this boban, Roulande and Olyver ben mounted in to so grete pride that [etc.].
