braggadocio
noun/bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo//ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/UK/ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/US
Etymology
After Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage.
- derived from coinage
Definitions
A braggart.
- […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.
- Having received an Inſult from Otho H. W. Luckett, for which he refuſed to make the Reparation demanded―I do declare him a Coward, a Bragadochio, and a Fellow, at whom the ☞ Finger of Contempt ſhould always be pointed.
- Shut thy trap, Braggadose. To whom art thou speaking?
Empty boasting.
- He could not endure his airs as a man of fashion, and laughed heartily at his pompous braggadocio stories.
- He’s also come to be known for his braggadocio about his net worth during his 2016 run.
The neighborhood
- neighborbraggadocious
- neighbormachismo
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA