braggadocio

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Italianate) IPA: /braɡːaˈdoːʧio/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.ʧɪ.əʊ/, SAMPA: /"%br{.g@"d@U.tSI.@U/

[edit] Noun

braggadocio (plural braggadocios or braggadocii)

  1. A braggart.
  2. Empty boasting.

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