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braggadocia

braggadocia is the archaic form 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

Forms of braggadocia

pluralbraggadocias

Questions about braggadocia

What is braggadocia the archaic form of?
Braggadocia is the archaic form of braggadocio.

Words near braggadocia in the dictionary

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

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