— braggadocian , adj.
/brag'euh doh"shee oh'/ , n. , pl. braggadocios .
1. empty boasting; bragging.
2. a boasting person; braggart.
[ after Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590), appar. a pseudo-It coinage based on BRAG ]