BRAGGADOCIO - Definition

Pronunciation:		`bragu'dowshee`ow
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] vain and empty boasting

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	Synonyms:	bluster, rhodomontade, rodomontade

	See Also:	boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Brag`ga*do"cio\, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's ``Fa["e]rie Queene.''] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. --Dryden. 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.