thrasonical

[threy-son-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. boastful; vainglorious.

thrasonical

/ θrəˈsɒnɪkəl /

adjective

1. rare,  bragging; boastful

Other Word Forms

• thrasonically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrasonical¹

1555–65; < Latin Thrasōn- (stem of Thrasō, braggart in Terence's Eunuchus ) + -ical

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

Example Sentences

He brings flamboyant drollery to the part of the pedant Holofernes, breaking into Latin at every ill-judged opportunity and flipping his hair triumphantly after employing the adjective “thrasonical.”

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How wonderfully popular these thrasonical wild-beast tamers and prancing proconsul sort of fellows are—with the gallery!

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Thrasonical, thrā-son′ik-al, adj. resembling Thraso, a boastful soldier in Terence's Eunuchus: boastful, bragging.—adv.

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On the other hand it would be impossible to imagine a greater contrast than that between Lever’s thrasonical narrator heroes and Major Yeates, R.M., whose fondness for sport is allied to a thorough consciousness of his own infirmities as a sportsman.

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Compliments delicate, piled not sickly-sweetly, Like washy Warton's, nor so loud thrasonical— Like Glorious John's—that they sound half ironical!

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