braggadocio

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

braggadocio (plural braggadocios or braggadocii)

1. A braggart.
2. Empty boasting.

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] See also

• machismo