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braggadocio
brag·ga·do·ci·o B5457500 (brăg′ə-dō′shē-ō′, -shō)n. pl. brag·ga·do·ci·os 1. A braggart.2. a. Empty or pretentious bragging.b. A swaggering, cocky manner.
[Alteration of Braggadocchio, , the personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, from brag.]braggadocio (ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ) n, pl -os1. vain empty boasting2. a person who boasts; braggart[C16: from Braggadocchio, name of a boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene; probably from braggart + Italian -occhio (augmentative suffix)]brag•ga•do•ci•o (ˌbræg əˈdoʊ ʃiˌoʊ)
n., pl. -ci•os. 1. empty boasting; bragging. 2. a boasting person; braggart. [after boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590)] brag`ga•do′ci•an, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | braggadocio - vain and empty boastingrhodomontade, rodomontade, blusterboast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives |
braggadocionoun1. One given to boasting:boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, vaunter.Informal: blowhard.Slang: blower.2. An act of boasting:boast, brag, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.Informal: blow.braggadocioenUS
Related to braggadocio: braggadociousSynonyms for braggadocionoun one given to boastingSynonyms- boaster
- brag
- braggart
- bragger
- vaunter
- blowhard
- blower
noun an act of boastingSynonyms- boast
- brag
- fanfaronade
- gasconade
- rodomontade
- vaunt
- blow
Synonyms for braggadocionoun vain and empty boastingSynonyms- rhodomontade
- rodomontade
- bluster
Related Words- boast
- boasting
- jactitation
- self-praise
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