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thrasonical

/θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/

thrasonical adjective: boastful, bragging, vainglorious.

Adjective

thrasonical (comparative more thrasonical, superlative most thrasonical)

  1. Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
    • The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie.1556, Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London, quoted by John Fox in Acts & Monuments
    • His humour is loftie, his diſcourſe peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious, his gate maieſticall and his general behauiour vaine, rediculous, & thraſonicall. He is too picked, too ſpruce, too affected, to od, as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...

thrasonical meaning in Bengali

thrasonical in Bengali

দাম্ভিক, অহংকারী, গর্বিত

Forms of thrasonical

comparativemore thrasonical
superlativemost thrasonical

Origin of thrasonical

From Latin Thrasō, Thrason-, the name of a boastful soldier in the play Eunuchus by Terence. The name is derived from Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, “bold, audacious”).

Words formed from thrasonical

Questions about thrasonical

What does thrasonical mean?
Thrasonical means boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
What is thrasonical in Bengali?
Thrasonical in Bengali is দাম্ভিক, অহংকারী, গর্বিত. See Thrasonical meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is thrasonical?
Thrasonical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thrasonical?
Thrasonical is pronounced /θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/.

Words near thrasonical in the dictionary

  1. thrashingfloors
  2. thrashings
  3. thrasht
  4. thrashy
  5. thrasonic
  6. thrasonical
  7. thrasonically
  8. Thrasymachan
  9. Thrasymachian
  10. thraupid
  11. thraupids

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