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thrasonical
[ threy-son-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- boastful; vainglorious.
thrasonical
/ θrəˈsɒnɪkəl /
adjective
- rare.bragging; boastful
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Derived Forms
- thraˈsonically, adverb
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Other Words From
- thra·soni·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thrasonical1
1555–65; < Latin Thrasōn- (stem of Thrasō, braggart in Terence's Eunuchus ) + -ical
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thrasonical1
C16: from Latin Thrasō name of boastful soldier in Eunuchus, a play by Terence, from Greek Thrasōn, from thrasus forceful
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Example Sentences
How wonderfully popular these thrasonical wild-beast tamers and prancing proconsul sort of fellows are—with the gallery!
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Not since the superb Mondor amazed the world has so thrasonical a bully been seen upon the stage.
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What Junker-led men could do they have since done to make that thrasonical brag good.
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It was as if the Deputy Commissioner, fulfilling Pompeys thrasonical boast, had stamped upon the ground and raised legions.
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Unlike the ordinary soldier of fortune, he was not in the least thrasonical.
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