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brag·ga·do·ci·o (brăg'ə-dō'sē-ō', -shē-ō', -shō)
n., pl., -os.
  1. A braggart.
    1. Empty or pretentious bragging.
    2. A swaggering, cocky manner.

[Alteration of Braggadocchio, the personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, from BRAG.]


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