"braggadocio" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo/ (note: Italianate), /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/ [US] Audio: En-us-braggadocio.ogg Forms: braggadocios [plural], braggadocioes [plural], braggadocii [plural]
Etymology: After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|es|braggadocii}} braggadocio (countable and uncountable, plural braggadocios or braggadocioes or braggadocii)
  1. A braggart. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: blowhard, braggart
    Sense id: en-braggadocio-en-noun-OOcaTcLl
  2. Empty boasting. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: big talk Translations (empty boasting): ἀλαζονία (alazonía) [feminine, slang] (Ancient Greek), ἀλαζονεία (alazoneía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), самохвалство (samohvalstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fanfaronnade [feminine] (French), Angeberei [feminine] (German), Großspurigkeit [feminine] (German), fanfaronata [feminine] (Italian), smargiassata [feminine] (Italian), bufonada [feminine] (Polish), bufoneria [feminine] (Polish), samochwalstwo [neuter] (Polish), хвастовство́ (xvastovstvó) [neuter] (Russian), бахва́льство (baxválʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), понты́ (pontý) [masculine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-braggadocio-en-noun-x2u26b8F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'empty boasting': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braggadose [obsolete] Derived forms: braggadocian Related terms: braggadocious, machismo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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