| source : web1913 |
Braggadocio \Brag`ga*do"cio\, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful
character in Spenser's ``Fa["e]rie Queene.'']
1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. --Dryden.
2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
| source : wn |
braggadocio
n : vain and empty boasting [syn: {bluster}, {rodomontade}]