braggadocio

brag·ga·do·ci·o

 (brăg′ə-dō′shē-ō′, -shō)

n. pl. brag·ga·do·ci·os

1. A braggart.

2.

a. Empty or pretentious bragging.

b. A swaggering, cocky manner.

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[Alteration of Braggadocchio, , the personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, from brag.]

braggadocio

(ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ)

n, pl -os

1. vain empty boasting

2. a person who boasts; braggart

[C16: from Braggadocchio, name of a boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene; probably from braggart + Italian -occhio (augmentative suffix)]

brag•ga•do•ci•o

(ˌbræg əˈdoʊ ʃiˌoʊ)

n., pl. -ci•os.

1. empty boasting; bragging.

2. a boasting person; braggart.

[after boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590)]

brag`ga•do′ci•an, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

braggadocio - vain and empty boasting rhodomontade, rodomontade, bluster boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives

braggadocio

noun

1. One given to boasting:

boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, vaunter.

Informal: blowhard.

Slang: blower.

2. An act of boasting:

boast, brag, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.

Informal: blow.