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Webster 1913 Edition

Braggadocio

Bragˊga-do′cio

,

Noun.

[From

Braggadocchio

, a boastful character in Spenser’s “Faërie Queene.”]

1.

A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.

Dryden.

2.

Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

Webster 1828 Edition

Braggadocio

BRAGGADO'CIO

,

Noun.

A puffing, boasting fellow.