Etymology

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Today it means: Boastful, bragging, vainglorious. Full definition →

Latin Thrasō, Thrason- ← Ancient Greek θρασύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθρασύς“bold, audacious”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromThrasō, Thrason-
  3. English todaythrasonical

From Latin Thrasō, Thrason-, the name of a boastful soldier in the play Eunuchus by Terence. The name is derived from Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, “bold, audacious”).

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