Braggadocio
/ˌbræɡ.əˈdoʊ.ʃi.oʊ/noun
Boastful, swaggering talk or behavior.
Did you know?Braggadocio entered English through Spenser’s *The Faerie Queene* as the name of a boastful, pretentious character, and only later became a common noun for showy, empty bragging.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bragōną
“to boast or boast loudly”
Middle English
English
braggen
“to boast, brag”
16th Century
English
Braggadocchio
“A boastful, swaggering character name coined by Edmund Spenser”
17th Century
English
braggadocio
“A braggart or swaggering boaster”
Modern English
English
braggadocio
“Boastful, self-important talk or behavior”