braggadocio
11braggadocio — brag|ga|do|ci|o [ˌbrægəˈdəuʃiəu US ˈdouʃiou] n [U] especially literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Braggadocchio proud talking character in the poem The Faerie Queen (1590) by Edmund Spenser] proud talk about something that you claim to own, to… …
12braggadocio — brag|ga|do|ci|o [ ,brægə douʃiou ] noun uncount LITERARY a proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that annoys other people …
13braggadocio — Hollow boasting, after the character Braggadochio in Spenser’s Fairie Queene …
14braggadocio — brag·ga·do·ci·o || ‚brægÉ™ dəʊtʃɪəʊ n. boasting, bragging …
15braggadocio — [ˌbragə dəʊtʃɪəʊ] noun boastful or arrogant behaviour. Origin C16: from Braggadocchio, a braggart in Spenser s The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Ital. suffix occio, denoting something large …
16braggadocio — n. 1. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, bouncer, vaporer, blatterer, gascon, vain glorious fellow. 2. Brag. See boast, n …
17braggadocio — noun (U) especially literary proud talk about something that you claim to own, to have done etc …
18braggadocio — brag·ga·do·cio …
19braggadocio — UK [ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ] / US [ˌbræɡəˈdoʊʃɪoʊ] noun [uncountable] literary showing disapproval a proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that annoys other people …
20braggadocio — brag•ga•do•ci•o [[t]ˌbræg əˈdoʊ ʃiˌoʊ[/t]] n. pl. ci•os 1) empty boasting; bragging 2) a boasting person; braggart • Etymology: after boastful character in Spenser s Faerie Queene (1590) brag ga•do′ci•an, adj …