braggadocio (redirected from braggadocios)

brag·ga·do·ci·o  (brg-ds-, -sh-, -sh)

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.]

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braggadocio [ˌbrægəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ]

n pl -os

1. vain empty boasting

2. a person who boasts; braggart

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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