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.

  1. derived from coinage

Definitions

  1. 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?
  2. 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.

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