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"text": "Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes.",
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"ref": "1922 July, Emily Post, “Conversation”, in Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, published October 1923, →OCLC, page 56",
"text": "A very good resolve to make and keep, if you would also keep any friends you make, is never to speak of anyone without, in imagination, having them overhear what you say. One often hears the exclamation “I would say it to her face!” At least be very sure that this is true, and not a braggart’s phrase and then—nine times out of ten think better of it and refrain.",
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"word": "маҡтансыҡ"
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"word": "fanfarró"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuīniú de",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "吹牛的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "niúpí dàwáng",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "牛皮大王"
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"word": "мухтанчӑк"
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "aansteller"
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "snoever"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "fanfaronulo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "rehentelijä"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "leuhkija"
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"word": "bravache"
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"word": "matamore"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"lang": "Galician",
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"word": "Angeber"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bihaitja",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kafchimatías",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"word": "καυχηματίας"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kompastís",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "κομπαστής"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "alazṓn",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"word": "ἀλαζών"
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"roman": "kompastḗs",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bladhmaire"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bollaire"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bumaire"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "floscaí"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gaiscíoch"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "fanfarone"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "ballista"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "ammazzasette"
},
{
"alt": "うちべんけい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uchibenkei",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "内弁慶"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"word": "salacō"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"word": "iactātor"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "falbádžija",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фалба́џија"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "faléničar",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"word": "фале́ничар"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "pŕčko",
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "samófalec",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "pīho"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "rangiwhata"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "waha rera"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"word": "pākiwaha"
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"code": "nrf",
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"tags": [
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "fanfarrão"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"word": "lăudăros"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvastún",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "хвасту́н"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvastúnʹja",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
"tags": [
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"word": "хвасту́нья"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "fanfarón",
"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one who constantly brags or boasts",
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"ref": "1733, [Alexander Pope], The Impertinent, or A Visit to the Court. A Satyr. By an Eminent Hand, London: Printed for John Wileord, behind the Chapter-house near St. Paul's, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-09, page 13",
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"ref": "1733, [Alexander Pope], The Impertinent, or A Visit to the Court. A Satyr. By an Eminent Hand, London: Printed for John Wileord, behind the Chapter-house near St. Paul's, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-09, page 13",
"text": "O my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?",
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"ref": "1837, Washington Irving, chapter VII, in Adventures of Captain Bonneville, or Scenes beyond the Rocky Mountains of the Far West, Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co., rue Vivienne, No. 18, →OCLC, page 49",
"text": "Captain [Benjamin] Bonneville was delighted with the game look of these cavaliers of the mountains, welcomed them heartily to his camp, and ordered a free allowance of grog to regale them, which soon put them in the most braggart spirits.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1882, William D[ean] Howells, chapter VI, in A Modern Instance: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 70",
"text": "He took him on the long walks of which he was fond, and made him in some sort his humble confidant, talking to him of himself and his plans with large and braggart vagueness.",
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