Brag
71braggart — brag|gart [ˈbrægət US ərt] n old fashioned [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: bragard, from braguer to brag , perhaps from English brag] someone who is always talking too proudly about what they own or have done …
72braggadocio — [ˌbragə dəʊtʃɪəʊ] noun boastful or arrogant behaviour. Origin C16: from Braggadocchio, a braggart in Spenser s The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Ital. suffix occio, denoting something large …
73braggart — [ bragət, α:t] noun a person who brags. Origin C16: from Fr. bragard, from braguer to brag …
74braggadocio — brag•ga•do•ci•o [[t]ˌbræg əˈdoʊ ʃiˌoʊ[/t]] n. pl. ci•os 1) empty boasting; bragging 2) a boasting person; braggart • Etymology: after boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene (1590) brag ga•do′ci•an, adj …
75braggart — brag•gart [[t]ˈbræg ərt[/t]] n. 1) a person who does a lot of bragging 2) bragging; boastful • Etymology: 1570–80 n. brag′gart•ly, adv …
76bragget — ˈbragə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English braket, bragot, from Middle Welsh bragod, from brag malt; akin to Middle Irish mraich, braich malt, Gaulish bracis grain for making malt, Latin marcēre to wither, droop more at marcescent : a drink… …
77bragly — bragˈly adverb (Spenser) • • • Main Entry: ↑brag …
78Bragdon — /brag deuhn/, n. Claude, 1866 1946, U.S. architect, stage designer, and author. * * * …
79Bragg — /brag/, n. 1. Braxton /brak steuhn/, 1817 76, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War. 2. Sir William Henry, 1862 1942, and his son, Sir William Lawrence, 1890 1971, English physicists: Nobel prize winners 1915. * * * (as used in expressions)… …
80bragard — ⇒BRAG(U)ARD, ARDE, (BRAGARD, BRAGUARD)adj. et subst. Vx, rare. (Personne) gaie, qui aime les plaisirs (cf. brague) : • 1. Donc motus sur tes débordements et tes succès de basse cour, mon gentil et vif braguard. J. DE LA VARENDE, Six lettres à un… …
