braggadocio

[ brag-uh-doh-shee-oh ]
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noun,plural brag·ga·do·ci·os.
  1. empty boasting; bragging.

  2. a boasting person; braggart.

Origin of braggadocio

1
After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage based on brag

Other words from braggadocio

  • brag·ga·do·ci·an, adjective

Words Nearby braggadocio

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How to use braggadocio in a sentence

  • Take care, Captain, misplaced courage is frequently braggadocio; your position is desperate.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • He called a boasting knight by the name braggadocio, and we still use the word braggadocio for vain boasting.

    Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'Neill
  • The wabeno, on the contrary, consisted wholly in a wild exhibition of mere braggadocio and trick.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • braggadocio here plays a great part, and also the desire to act like grown-ups.

  • "In course you can feel safe," replied Frost, with a braggadocio air that made Archie put him down as a coward at once.

    Frank in the Mountains | Harry Castlemon

British Dictionary definitions for braggadocio

braggadocio

/ (ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ) /


nounplural -os
  1. vain empty boasting

  2. a person who boasts; braggart

Origin of braggadocio

1
C16: from Braggadocchio, name of a boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene; probably from braggart + Italian -occhio (augmentative suffix)

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