BRAGGADOCIO


Meaning of BRAGGADOCIO in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷shēˌō also -(ˌ)shō or -_sēˌō sometimes -_chēˌō or -(ˌ)chō or -_shə noun

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Etymology: after Braggadocchio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser died 1599 English poet

1. : braggart , boaster

2.

a. : empty boasting : bragging

the braggadocio of dictators

b. : arrogant pretension : cockiness

the air of swaggering braggadocio that all important men are expected to show in fighting — C.W.M.Hart

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.