braggadocio

noun brag·ga·do·cio \ˌbra-gə-ˈdō-sē-ˌō, -shē-, -chē-, -(ˌ)shō, -(ˌ)chō\

: the annoying or exaggerated talk of someone who is trying to sound very proud or brave

plural brag·ga·do·cios

Full Definition of BRAGGADOCIO

a : empty boasting

b : arrogant pretension : cockiness

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Braggadochio, personification of boasting in Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

First Known Use: 1594

Synonyms: bluster, brag, bombast, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

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