braggadocian

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noun

Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.

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Meanings

nounbraggadocian (plural braggadocians)

plural braggadocians

  1. obsoleteSomeone given to empty boasting; a braggart.

    neither Greeks nor Romans ever had the fifteenth part of the now known world, nor half of that which was then described. What braggadocians are they and we then!

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 296

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boasterbraggadociobraggartloudmouth

Origin

From braggadocio + -an.

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APA

braggadocian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/braggadocian

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“braggadocian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/braggadocian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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