braggadocio
1Braggadocio — Brag ga*do cio, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser s Fa[ e]rie Queene. ] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [1913 Webster] …
2braggadocio — index jactation, pride, rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3braggadocio — (n.) Spenser s coinage, 1590, as a name for his personification of vainglory, from BRAG (Cf. brag), with augmentative ending by analogy to the Italian words then in vogue in England. In general use by 1594 for an empty swaggerer; of the talk of… …
4braggadocio — [brag΄ə dō′shē ō΄, brag΄ədō′shō] n. pl. braggadocios [coined by SPENSER2 Edmund < BRAG + It ending] 1. a braggart 2. vain, noisy boasting or bragging …
5braggadocio — noun (plural cios) Etymology: Braggadochio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser Date: 1594 1. braggart 2. a. empty boasting b. arrogant pretension ; …
6braggadocio — braggadocian, adj. /brag euh doh shee oh /, n., pl. braggadocios. 1. empty boasting; bragging. 2. a boasting person; braggart. [after Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene (1590), appar. a pseudo It coinage based on BRAG] * …
7braggadocio — noun /braɡːaˈdoːʧio,ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.ʧɪ.əʊ/ a) A braggart. b) Empty boasting …
8braggadocio — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. One given to boasting: boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, vaunter. Informal: blowhard. Slang: blower. See PRAISE. 2. An act of boasting: boast, brag, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See… …
9braggadocio — brag|ga|do|ci|o [ˌbrægəˈdəuʃiəu US ˈdouʃiou] n [U] especially literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Braggadocchio proud talking character in the poem The Faerie Queen (1590) by Edmund Spenser] proud talk about something that you claim to own, to… …
10braggadocio — brag|ga|do|ci|o [ ,brægə douʃiou ] noun uncount LITERARY a proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that annoys other people …
11braggadocio — Hollow boasting, after the character Braggadochio in Spenser’s Fairie Queene …
12braggadocio — brag·ga·do·ci·o || ‚brægÉ™ dəʊtʃɪəʊ n. boasting, bragging …
13braggadocio — [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 …
14braggadocio — n. 1. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, bouncer, vaporer, blatterer, gascon, vain glorious fellow. 2. Brag. See boast, n …
15braggadocio — noun (U) especially literary proud talk about something that you claim to own, to have done etc …
16braggadocio — brag·ga·do·cio …
17braggadocio — UK [ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ] / US [ˌbræɡəˈdoʊʃɪoʊ] noun [uncountable] literary showing disapproval a proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that annoys other people …
18braggadocio — 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 …
19braggadocio — /brægəˈdoʊtʃioʊ/ (say braguh dohcheeoh) noun (plural braggadocios) 1. empty boasting; brag. 2. a boasting person; a braggart. {from Braggadochio, name of a boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene} …
20braggadocio — n. boasting; braggart. ♦ braggadocian, n. & a …
