braggadocio

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

braggadocio (plural braggadocios or braggadocii)

1. A braggart.
2. Empty boasting.

References

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See also

• machismo