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braggadocio
What does braggadocio mean?
braggadocio (noun): empty boasting.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce braggadocio?
/ˌbɹæɡəˈdoʊʃiˌoʊ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does braggadocio come from?
Pseudo-Italianism, coined after Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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empty boasting
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extreme excess
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a laying waste
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