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braggardism en · NOUN

Etymology

From braggard + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Boastfulness; tendency to brag.
   • Why, Valentine, what Braggardiſme is this? c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 26, column 2:
   • Once, Brutan came back from the arena with his left cheek laid open from an animal’s claw. But the wound had dulled no part of his braggardism and he told a highly colored tale of an encounter against nearly impossible odds. 1943 January, Howard Browne, “Warrior of the Dawn”, in Amazing Stories, chapter 20:
   • […] they could be seen venturing slowly and quietly under the projectiles, as far as the spots where the soldiers had fallen. They often crawled along on hands and knees, and endeavoured to take advantage of the various ditches and hedges, of all the protection that the ground afforded, never evincing any braggardism in unnecessarily exposing themselves to peril. 1892, Émile Zola, chapter 5, in Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, transl., La Débâcle, part 2; republished as The Downfall, London: Chatto & Windus, 1893, page 252:

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