English
Etymology
Via Latin from Greek ΘÏασων (a boastful soldier in w:Terence|Terence’s w:Eunuchus|Eunuchus), from θÏασυς ‘bold, spirited’.
Pronunciation
IPA: /θrə'sɒnɪkəl/
Adjective
en-adj
- like Thraso (a character in the play w:Eunuchus|Eunuchus by w:Terence|Terence); boastful, bragging, vainglorious
#:*1976: In amongst his general thrasonical ranting and ravings concerning his own merits, Skogan had promised the company that tomorrow the world would know how good his verses were – when he read aloud at the court gate some poem which he had written in honour of the birthday of Thomas, Duke of Clarence. — Robert Nye, Falstaff
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