braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade
(noun) vain and empty boasting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
21 November 2024
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