English

Noun

braggadocio ‎(plural braggadocios or braggadocii)

1. A braggart.
   • 1652, Thomas Urquhart, “Εκσκυβαλαυρον (The Jewel)”, in The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight, Edinburgh: Thomas Maitland Dundrennan, published 1834, ISBN 0707303273, page 217:

     […] 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.

2. Empty boasting.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:braggadocio.

Synonyms

• (braggart): blowhard
• (empty boasting): big talk

Related terms

• braggadocious

Translations

See also

• machismo