bravado, bluster
(noun) a swaggering show of courage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bravado (countable and uncountable, plural bravados or bravadoes)
A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
A false show of courage.
(obsolete) A swaggerer; a braggart.
bravado (third-person singular simple present bravados, present participle bravadoing, simple past and past participle bravadoed)
(obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.
Source: Wiktionary
Bra*va"do, n., pl. Bravadoes. Etym: [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See Brave.]
Definition: Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
