bragless

English

Etymology

brag +‎ -less

Adjective

bragless (not comparable)

1. Without bragging.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ix]:

     Diomedes. The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles.
     Ajax. If it be so, yet bragless let it be;
     Great Hector was a man as good as he.

References

• “bragless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• garbless