braggartn.adj.
/ˈbraɡət/, U.S. /ˈbræɡərt/ A. n.
A vain bragger, one who brags much.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster
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puckfist1600
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ostentator1611
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gasconader1709
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Gascon1757
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penny trumpeter1828
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flannel-mouth1882
punk-fist1890
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Tartarin1903
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skite1906
poofter1916
trombenik1922
shooter of lines1941
fat-mouth1942
wide-mouth1959
Wheneye1982
trash talker1986
braggarist-
a1577 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 74 In braggarts bote which set it selfe on sands.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 101 A braggart, a rogue..that fights by the book of arithmatick. View more context for this quotation
1612 T. James Iesuits Downefall 4 As if they were..bragging braggates of Toledo.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 128 Marshall Biron will dye like a mad man, and Parry like a braggard.
1812 Coleridge Braggard.
1856 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 86 The real master of the school is Prince.. pitiless with fools and braggarts.
B. adj. attributive.
Bragging, vainly boastful.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful
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braggartly?1611
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rodomontade1660
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Falstaffian1809
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flannel-mouthed1884
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poppy-show1896
Tartarin1903
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Bragard, fine, trim, proude.
1733 A. Pope Impertinent 13 Truth! shall I quit thee, For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?
1846 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xlvi. 347 If in his lifetime he indulged in..braggart language.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 66 Braggart self-confidence.
Derivatives
braggart-like adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adverb]
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boastfullyc1430
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
boastingly1552
bragginglya1569
thrasonically1591
vauntingly1593
braggadocio-like1600
vapouringly1653
bouncinglya1677
vauntful1814
braggart-like1826
1826 T. Hood Last Man in Whims & Oddities 29 To see him lording so braggart-like.
braggartly adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful
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braggartly?1611
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rodomontado1645
vapouring1649
thrasonic1657
rodomontade1660
flounder-mouthed1663
fanfaron1670
vaunty1724
boastivea1763
Falstaffian1809
bounceable1831
jactant1839
braggadocious1853
blow-hard1855
loud-mouthed1867
flannel-mouthed1884
bull-mouthed1896
poppy-show1896
Tartarin1903
?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads iii. Comm. 79 Whoever saw true learning..vouchsafe mansion in any..braggartly spirit.
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