BRAGGADOCIO

braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade

(noun) vain and empty boasting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

braggadocio (countable and uncountable, plural braggadocios or braggadocioes or braggadocii)

A braggart.

Synonyms: blowhard, Thesaurus:braggart

Empty boasting.

Synonym: big talk

Source: Wiktionary


Brag`ga*do"cio, n. Etym: [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's "Faërie Queene."]

1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden.

2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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