'Braggadocio' definitions:

Definition of 'braggadocio'

(from WordNet)
noun
Vain and empty boasting [syn: braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade]

Definition of 'Braggadocio'

From: GCIDE
  • Braggadocio \Brag`ga*do"cio\, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's "Fa["e]rie Queene."]
  • 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [1913 Webster]