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▪ I. bragging, vbl. n.|ˈbrægɪŋ|
[f. brag v. + -ing1.]
The action of brag v.
1399Pol. Poems (1859) I. 401 Ffor braggynge and ffor bostynge. 1549Olde Erasm. Par., 1 Thess. ii. 1 We came not unto you, with bragging and staring. 1604Meet. Gallants at Ordin. 24 Such a bragging and a cracking. 1866Livingstone Jrnl. (1873) I. v. 128 An ebullition of beer bragging.
▪ II. bragging, ppl. a.|ˈbrægɪŋ|
[f. brag v. + -ing2.]
That brags; boastful, swaggering, etc.
1530Palsgr. 306/2 Braggyng, brague. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 140 That proud bragging Gyant Goliath. 1700Dryden Cock & F. 134 No bragging coxcomb, yet no baffled knight. c1815Jane Austen Northang. Abb. (1833) II. xv. 207 They were..a forward, bragging, scheming race. |