braggadocio
Plural: braggadocii, braggadocioes, braggadocios
Noun
- vain and empty boasting
- A braggart.
- Empty boasting.
Origin / Etymology
After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage.
Synonyms
bluster, rhodomontade, rodomontade, big talk, blower, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, braggadocian, braggadocio, braggart, bragger, bully, cacafogo, cacafuego, cracker, gascon, huffcap, huffer, poseur, pseud, vaunter
Scrabble Score: 18
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