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braggatory

braggatory adjective: exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful.

Adjective

braggatory (comparative more braggatory, superlative most braggatory)

  1. (nonstandard) Exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful.
    • Not to be using this in a braggatory way or anything, but I'm a little more equipped to handle these things than Dixon.1980, Living Blues, numbers 45-49, page 40
    • God forbid he use a name that is not braggatory... had to be something like "richboy", "sexmachine", "tootoughforyou" or "godofeverything" […]1999 February 21, Mike B., “Re: Fill Me In on This Flame War”, in alt.autos.corvette (Usenet)

Forms of braggatory

comparativemore braggatory
superlativemost braggatory

Origin of braggatory

From brag + -atory.

Questions about braggatory

What does braggatory mean?
Braggatory means exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful.
What part of speech is braggatory?
Braggatory is an adjective.

Words near braggatory in the dictionary

  1. braggartisms
  2. braggartly
  3. braggartry
  4. braggarts
  5. braggashans
  6. braggatory
  7. Bragge
  8. bragged
  9. bragged on
  10. bragger
  11. braggeries

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