Braggadocio
empty boasting; bragging.
a boasting person; braggart.
Contemporary Examples
Shawna Forde: Beautician, Vigilante, Killer? Terry Greene Sterling February 8, 2011
Not Trying To Cause A Big Sensation Jacob Silverman October 7, 2012
2Day FM: The Radio Station Behind the Tragic Kate Middleton Prank Kevin Fallon December 7, 2012
Too Gay for Hip-Hop? Le1f Takes On Traditionally Homophobic Genre Melissa Leon August 9, 2012
Meet Angel Haze: the Brooklyn Rapper Tackling Sex Abuse in Her Rhymes Drake Baer November 20, 2012
Historical Examples
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII Various
The Eternal City Hall Caine
Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb
Hester’s Counterpart Jean K. Baird
The Golden Woman Ridgwell Cullum
noun (pl) -os
vain empty boasting
a person who boasts; braggart
n.
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