braggadocio
/ˌbraɡəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ
/noun [mass noun]
Boastful or arrogant behaviour.With all the flashy braggadocio behaviour and senseless acts of violence, believe it or not, there's also a downside to wrestling....
- The overriding impression is one of mayhem, machismo, bluster and braggadocio.
- The requisite clowning, braggadocio and hip-hop historicism are in place and well articulated, and an unprecedented, post-9/11 political pique has surfaced.
Origin
Late 16th century (denoting a boaster): from Braggadocchio, the name of a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Italian suffix -occio, denoting something large of its kind.