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braggadocio

[ brag-uh-doh-shee-oh ]

noun

, plural brag·ga·do·ci·os.
  1. empty boasting; bragging.
  2. a boasting person; braggart.


braggadocio

/ ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. vain empty boasting
  2. a person who boasts; braggart
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • bragga·doci·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of braggadocio1

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

Origin of braggadocio1

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

We feel every moment of his embarrassment and despair, balanced against his braggadocio and stubbornness.

From Time

It was the personality, it was the outspokenness, it was the poetry, it was the braggadocio.

From Vox

Before doing so, however, Washington began a great American tradition of real estate braggadocio.

The page has since been removed, but not before many Spanish news outlets were able to post screenshots of his braggadocio.

But when Saldanha was found dead on Friday in a suspected suicide, the braggadocio suddenly ceased.

In the new video for “Gossip Folks”—a braggadocio that takes its beat from the Missy Elliot track—she glares into the camera.

But the media is largely ignoring the broader story about how this sexual braggadocio is far more common than not.

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

He called a boasting knight by the name Braggadocio, and we still use the word braggadocio for vain boasting.

The wabeno, on the contrary, consisted wholly in a wild exhibition of mere braggadocio and trick.

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.

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