braggadocios

Variant of braggadocio

braggadocio definition

brag·ga·do·cio (brag′ə dō′s̸hē ō′, -dō′s̸hō)

noun pl. braggadocios -·os′

  1. a braggart
  2. vain, noisy boasting or bragging

Etymology: coined by Edmund Spenser < brag + It ending

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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