Definition of Braggart

1. Noun. A very boastful and talkative person.

Exact synonyms: Blowhard, Boaster, Bragger, Line-shooter, Vaunter
Generic synonyms: Egoist, Egotist, Swellhead
Derivative terms: Boast, Brag, Brag, Vaunt

2. Adjective. Exhibiting self-importance. "Big talk"

Definition of Braggart

1. n. A boaster.

2. a. Boastful.

Definition of Braggart

1. Noun. someone who boasts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Braggart

1. one who brags [n -S] - See also: brags

Medical Definition of Braggart

1. A boaster. "O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue." (Shak) Origin: OF. Bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braggart

brae
braes
brag
brag book
brag sheet
bragfest
bragfests
braggadoccio
braggadocian
braggadocians
braggadocii
braggadocio
braggadocios
braggardism
braggardisms
braggart (current term)
braggart(a)
braggartism
braggartly
braggartry
braggarts
bragged
bragger
braggers
braggest
bragget
braggier
braggiest
bragging
bragging(a)

Literary usage of Braggart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"Every braggart shall be found an ass. Shaks. 9. God and men think him a fool who brags of his own great wisdom. 10. Great boast and little roast make ..."

2. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Meets a braggart's fate.—The war transferred to Northern Virginia. JULY IST.—To-day Gen. Magruder led his division into action at Malvern Hill, it is said, ..."

3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... braggart AND PARASITE. BY TERENCE. (From " The Eunuch. ... a military officer, braggart, and coxcomb; LACHES, an old Athenian gentleman, with two sons, ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"FROM <MILES GLORIOSUS' (THE braggart SOLDIER) [The soldier himself opens the play, coming forth from his house, which, with a neighbor's, forms the back of ..."

5. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1900)
"To the flippant criticism which treats Smith as a vapouring braggart, this simple fact is a staggering blow between the eyes. Let me add that in his way of ..."

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