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braggart, n. and a.|ˈbrægət|
Also 6 bragart, 7 bragard, (braggate), 7–9 braggard.
[a. 16th c. F. bragard, f. brague-r to brag; see -ard.]
A. n. A vain bragger, one who brags much.
a1577Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 74 In braggarts bote which set it selfe on sands. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. i. 105 A Braggart, a Rogue..that fights by the booke of Arithmeticke. 1612T. James Jesuits' Downf. 4 As if they were..bragging braggates of Toledo. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 128 Marshall Biron will dye like a mad man, and Parry like a braggard. 1812Coleridge, Braggard. 1856Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 86 The real master of the school is Prince.. pitiless with fools and braggarts.
B. adj. and attrib. Bragging, vainly boastful.
1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Bragard, fine, trime, proude. 1735Pope Donne Sat. iv. 201 Truth! shall I quit thee For puffing, braggart, puft nobility? 1846Arnold Hist. Rome III. xlvi. 347 If in his lifetime he indulged in..braggart language. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 66 Braggart self-confidence.
Hence, braggart-like adv. and braggartly a.
a1845Hood Last Man xxiv, To see him lording so braggart-like. 1611Chapman Iliad iii. Comm. (1857) 79 Whoever saw true learning..vouchsafe mansion in any..braggartly spirit. |