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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With this thrasonical challenge the pirates set sail for Otoque, another of the islands in the bay; for Taboga, though it was "an exceeding pleasant island," was by this time bare of meat.

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The teachers and pupils are too genuine ever to become thrasonical, and no teacher or pupil is ever heard to boast of anything pertaining to the school.

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What Junker-led men could do they have since done to make that thrasonical brag good.

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