| Pronunciation: | | 'bragurt
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| Matching Terms: | | braggardism, braggart(a)
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| | Definition: | | [n] a very boastful and talkative person |
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| | Synonyms: | | blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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| | See Also: | | egoist, egotist, swellhead |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Brag"gart\, n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging.
See {Brag}, v. i.]
A boaster.
O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart
with my tongue. --Shak.
\Brag"gart\, a.
Boastful. -- {Brag"gart*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | big mouth, blatherskite, blower, blowhard, bluff, bluffer, blusterer, boaster, boastful, boasting, brag, braggadocio, bragging, bravo, bucko, bully, bullyboy, Captain Bobadil, conceited, egocentric, egoist, egotist, fanfaron, fanfaronading, gasbag, Gascon, gasconader, gasconading, hector, hectorer, Herod, hot-air artist, individualist, know-it-all, loudmouth, miles gloriosus, narcissist, Narcissus, narcist, no modest violet, peacock, ranter, raver, rodomontade, roisterer, Scaramouch, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, show-off, smart aleck, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swasher, swellhead, Texan, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporer, vaporing, vaunting, windbag, windjammer, windy |
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