braggadocio
pronunciation
How to pronounce braggadocio in British English:
UK [ˌbrægəˈdəʊtʃiəʊ]
How to pronounce braggadocio in American English:
US [ˌbrægəˈdoʊtʃioʊ]
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- Noun:
- vain and empty boasting
Word Origin
- braggadocio (n.)
- Spenser's coinage, 1590, as a name for his personification of vainglory, from brag, with augmentative ending by analogy to the Italian words then in vogue in England. In general use by 1594 for "an empty swaggerer;" of the talk of such persons, from 1734.
Example
- 1. He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio .
- 2. But iranian braggadocio soon turned to queasy contrition .
- 3. Fink : american frontiersman and folk hero known forhismarksmanship , fighting skills , and braggadocio .
- 4. " Fink : american frontiersman and folk hero known for his marksmanship , fighting skills , and braggadocio . "
- 5. In the end , there might be some signs that boorish boys know they 're overreaching - and that may be expressed in the level of their braggadocio .