English Explanatory Dictionary

braggadocio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A braggart.
  2. Empty boasting.

Pronunciation

/bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo/ /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/ /ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/ En-us-braggadocio.ogg

Word forms

braggadocio braggadocios braggadocioes braggadocii braggadose

Etymology

After Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage.

Synonyms

blowhard blower blusterer boaster braggadocian braggadocio braggart bragger bully cacafogo cacafuego cracker gascon huffcap huffer poseur pseud vaunter big talk

Related words

braggadocious machismo

Derived words

braggadocian
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