braggadocio
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noun \ˌbra-gə-ˈdō-sē-ˌō, -shē-, -chē-, -(ˌ)shō, -(ˌ)chō\ plural brag·ga·do·cios
Definition of BRAGGADOCIO
1
: braggart
2
a : empty boasting b : arrogant pretension : cockiness
See Examples of BRAGGADOCIO
- a loudmouthed braggart who hid his cowardice with braggadocio
- <his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate>
Origin of BRAGGADOCIO
Braggadochio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
First Known Use: 1594
Related to BRAGGADOCIO
- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, bombast, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
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