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braggadocian

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brag⋅ga⋅do⋅ci⋅o

  [brag-uh-doh-shee-oh]
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–noun, plural -ci⋅os.
1. empty boasting; bragging.
2. a boasting person; braggart.
Origin:
after Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590), appar. a pseudo-It coinage based on brag

Related forms:
brag⋅ga⋅do⋅ci⋅an, adjective
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