thrasonical

[ threy-son-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

thrasonical

/ θrəˈsɒnɪkəl /

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

C16: from Latin Thrasō name of boastful soldier in Eunuchus, a play by Terence, from Greek Thrasōn, from thrasus forceful

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

Not since the superb Mondor amazed the world has so thrasonical a bully been seen upon the stage.

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

It was as if the Deputy Commissioner, fulfilling Pompeys thrasonical boast, had stamped upon the ground and raised legions.

Unlike the ordinary soldier of fortune, he was not in the least thrasonical.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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