/ ˌbrægəˈdəʊtʃiəʊ; NAmE -ˈdoʊtʃioʊ/ noun
[ U ] ( literary ) behaviour that seems too proud or confident
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting a boaster): from Braggadocchio , the name of a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene , from brag or braggart + the Italian suffix -occio , denoting something large of its kind.