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单词 braggadocio
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
brag•ga•do•ci•o /ˌbrægəˈdoʊʃiˌoʊ/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ci•os. 
  1. empty boasting;
    bragging:[uncountable]full of braggadocio.
  2. a boasting person;
    braggart:[countable]He was both a braggadocio and a liar.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
brag•ga•do•ci•o  (brag′ə dōshē ō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ci•os. 
  1. empty boasting;
    bragging.
  2. a boasting person;
    braggart.
  • after Braggadocchio, boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage based on brag
brag′ga•doci•an, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
braggadocio /ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ/ n ( pl -os)
  1. vain empty boasting
  2. a person who boasts; braggart
Etymology: 16th Century: from Braggadocchio, name of a boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene; probably from braggart + Italian -occhio (augmentative suffix)
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