braggart
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ / /ˈbɹæɡɚt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
- Characterized by boasting; boastful.
“O my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?”
“Captain [Benjamin] Bonneville was delighted with the game look of these cavaliers of the mountains, welcomed them heartily to his camp, and ordered a free allowance of grog to regale them, which soon put them in the most braggart spirits.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
- Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
“O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue.”
“Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes.”