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braggadocian

braggadocian noun: someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.

Noun

braggadocian (plural braggadocians)

  1. (obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
    • neither Greeks nor Romans ever had the fifteenth part of the now known world, nor half of that which was then described. What braggadocians are they and we then!, vol.1, New York Review of Books 2001, pp.296-7

Forms of braggadocian

pluralbraggadocians

Origin of braggadocian

From braggadocio + -an.

Questions about braggadocian

What does braggadocian mean?
Braggadocian means someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
What part of speech is braggadocian?
Braggadocian is a noun.
What is the plural of braggadocian?
The plural of braggadocian is braggadocians.

Words near braggadocian in the dictionary

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

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