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braggart en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹæɡɚt/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. Characterized by boasting; boastful.
    • He took him on the long walks of which he was fond, and made him in some sort his humble confidant, talking to him of himself and his plans with large and braggart vagueness. 1882, William D[ean] Howells, chapter VI, in A Modern Instance: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: James R. Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 70:
    • O my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility? 1733, [Alexander Pope], The Impertinent, or A Visit to the Court. A Satyr. By an Eminent Hand, London: Printed for John Wileord,^([sic – meaning Wilford]) behind the Chapter-house near St. Paul's, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2018, page 13:
    • 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. 1837, Washington Irving, chapter VII, in Adventures of Captain Bonneville, or Scenes beyond the Rocky Mountains of the Far West, Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co., rue Vivienne, No. 18, →OCLC, page 49:

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braggart en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹæɡɚt/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
    • Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes. 1889, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Of the Welcome that Met Me at Badminton”, in Micah Clarke His Statement as Made to His Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas, & Reuben during the Hard Winter of 1734 [...], London: Longmans, Green and Co. and New York, 15 East 15th Street, →OCLC, page 256:
    • O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 148, column 1:
    • A very good resolve to make and keep, if you would also keep any friends you make, is never to speak of anyone without, in imagination, having them overhear what you say. One often hears the exclamation “I would say it to her face!” At least be very sure that this is true, and not a braggart’s phrase and then—nine times out of ten think better of it and refrain. 1922 July, Emily Post, “Conversation”, in Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, published October 1923, →OCLC, page 56:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
braggarts Number=Plur lexicographic
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Deriveds

braggartly · braggartism · braggartry

Hypernyms

person

Relateds

arrogant · loudmouth · arrogance · gasbag · big mouth · braggingly · brag · bragging · windbag · peacock

Synonyms

bully · blower · blowhard · braggart · pseud · gascon · cracker · boaster · blusterer · braggadocio · vaunter · huffcap · huffer · cacafogo · cacafuego · braggadocian · poseur · bragger · bragger

Translations (81)

es bravucón (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es fanfarria (one who constantly brags or boasts) · de Maulheldin (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fi rehentelijä (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ru хвасту́нья (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga gaiscíoch (one who constantly brags or boasts) · la iactātor (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mk фалба́џија (one who constantly brags or boasts) · de Angeberin (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl alarbio (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr bravache (one who constantly brags or boasts) · pt gabarola (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nrf braidgeux (one who constantly brags or boasts) · la salacō (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl farfallán (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nrf cratcheux (one who constantly brags or boasts) · scn minchiataru (one who constantly brags or boasts) · it ammazzasette (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga bumaire (one who constantly brags or boasts) · grc κομπαστής (one who constantly brags or boasts) · it ballista (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl chaíñas (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cmn 吹牛的 (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ru самохва́л (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mi pākiwaha (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr vantard (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr fier-à-bras (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es fanfarrón (one who constantly brags or boasts) · got 𐌱𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰 (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es presuntuoso (one who constantly brags or boasts) · grc ἀλαζών (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fi leuhkija (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mk пр́чко (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cmn 大炮 (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ru хвасту́н (one who constantly brags or boasts) · it fanfarone (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga bollaire (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mi waha rera (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga bragaire (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr hâbleur (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl langrán (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nl pocher (one who constantly brags or boasts) · sv skrytmåns (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cmn 牛皮大王 (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr matamore (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es baladrón (one who constantly brags or boasts) · el καυχηματίας (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nl aansteller (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl badúa (one who constantly brags or boasts) · pt fanfarrão (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr rodomont (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nn skrytepave (one who constantly brags or boasts) · grc σαλάκων (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga floscaí (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es matasiete (one who constantly brags or boasts) · de Angeber (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ro lăudăros (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mk само́фалец (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl farfantón (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nrf vantard (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ca fanfarró (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mi rangiwhata (one who constantly brags or boasts) · fr fanfaron (one who constantly brags or boasts) · es fantasma (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cv вӗҫкӗн (one who constantly brags or boasts) · pl samochwała (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ru фанфаро́н (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ba маҡтансыҡ (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mk фале́ничар (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ja 内弁慶 (one who constantly brags or boasts) · mi pīho (one who constantly brags or boasts) · pl fanfaron (one who constantly brags or boasts) · nl snoever (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ga bladhmaire (one who constantly brags or boasts) · de Maulheld (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cs chvastoun (one who constantly brags or boasts) · gl milhomes (one who constantly brags or boasts) · cv мухтанчӑк (one who constantly brags or boasts) · el κομπαστής (one who constantly brags or boasts) · ro fanfaron (one who constantly brags or boasts) · eo fanfaronulo (one who constantly brags or boasts)