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braggadoccio

braggadoccio is the misspelling of braggadocio.

Meaning of braggadocio

Noun

braggadocio (countable and uncountable, plural braggadocios or (archaic) braggadocioes or (rare) braggadocii)

  1. A braggart.
    • […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.1652, Thomas Urquhart, “Εκσκυβαλαυρον (The Jewel)”, in The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight, Edinburgh: Thomas Maitland Dundrennan, published 1834, →ISBN, page 217
  2. Empty boasting.
    • He could not endure his airs as a man of fashion, and laughed heartily at his pompous braggadocio stories.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 6, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    big talk

Questions about braggadoccio

What is braggadoccio the misspelling of?
Braggadoccio is the misspelling of braggadocio.

Words near braggadoccio in the dictionary

  1. Bragg scattering
  2. Bragg scatterings
  3. Bragg's law
  4. braggable
  5. braggables
  6. braggadoccio
  7. braggadocia
  8. braggadocian
  9. braggadocians
  10. braggadocias
  11. braggadocii

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