braggadocio

== English == === Alternative forms === braggadose (obsolete) === Etymology === After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590), apparently a pseudo-Italian coinage. === Pronunciation === (Italianate) IPA(key): /bɹaɡaˈdoːt͡ʃo/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbɹæ.ɡəˈdəʊ.t͡ʃəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɹæɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃiˌoʊ/ Hyphenation: brag‧ga‧do‧ci‧o === Noun === braggadocio (countable and uncountable, plural braggadocios or (archaic) braggadocioes or (rare) braggadocii) A braggart. Synonyms: blowhard; see also Thesaurus:braggart Empty boasting. Synonym: big talk ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:braggadocio. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== braggadocious ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== machismo === Further reading === braggadocio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia