Definition of braggadocio

< Bragg, Sir William Henry

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brag·ga·do·ci·o    (brg-ds-, -sh-, -sh) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. brag·ga·do·ci·os

1. A braggart.
2. 1. Empty or pretentious bragging.
   2. A swaggering, cocky manner.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of Braggadocchio, the personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, from brag