milites gloriosi

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[mee-li-teyz glawr-ee-oh-see, glohr-] / ˈmi lɪˌteɪz ˌglɔr iˈoʊ si, ˌgloʊr- /

plural noun

Latin.

(especially as stock characters in comic literature) bragging soldiers.

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milites gloriosi

The milites gloriosi are all cartoons;166 and the perpetually moralizing pedagogue Lydus of the Bac. becomes funny, instead of egregiously tedious, if acted as a broad burlesque.

From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace

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