Complete Definition of "braggadocio"

English

Etymology
After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queen (1590), apparenty a pseudo-It. coinage.

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/�bɹæg��d��ʧɪ��/

Noun
en-noun|pl2=braggadocii

  1. A braggart.
  2. Empty boasting.

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See also
machismo

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