thrasonical
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
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”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/
=== Adjective ===
thrasonical (comparative more thrasonical, superlative most thrasonical)
Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
1556, Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London, quoted by John Fox in Acts & Monuments:
The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie.
==== Derived terms ====
thrasonically