braggadocio
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braggadocio
- /bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo/
- /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/ UK
- /ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/ US
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Pseudo-Italianism, coined after Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590).
noun braggadocios · braggadocioes · braggadocii · braggadose
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A braggart.
[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.
Similar: blowhard, blower, blusterer, boaster, braggadocian, braggadocio, braggart, bragger, bully, cacafogo, cacafuego, cracker
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Empty boasting.
He could not endure his airs as a man of fashion, and laughed heartily at his pompous braggadocio stories.
Similar: big talk
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noun empty boasting
| Français | fanfaronnade |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Angeberei, Großspurigkeit |
| Italiano | fanfaronata, smargiassata |
| Русский | хвастовство́ xvastovstvó, бахва́льство baxválʹstvo, понты́ pontý |
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