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† gloriˈoso Obs.
[a. It. glorioso, ad. L. glōriōsus boastful.]
A boaster, a braggart. Hence † gloriˈoser in the same sense.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 82 Emptie vessells haue the highest sounds..and pratling gloriosers, the smallest performaunce of courage. 1599Life More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 102 This glorioso..knew not so much as the meaning of the terms. 1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 215 The Magnificoes of the world and great-mouthed Gloriosoes. a1661Fuller Worthies, Devonsh. i. (1662) 259 His Holinesse did forfeit a parcel of his infallibility, in giving credit to such a Glorioso. |