thrasonical
Americanadjective
adjective
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- thrasonically adverb
Etymology
Origin of thrasonical
1555–65; < Latin Thrasōn- (stem of Thrasō, braggart in Terence's Eunuchus ) + -ical
Example Sentences
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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.”
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
What Junker-led men could do they have since done to make that thrasonical brag good.
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