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Definition of Braggy
1. Adjective. Exhibiting self-importance. "Big talk"
Similar to: Proud
Derivative terms: Boastfulness, Brag
Definition of Braggy
1. Adjective. Prone to brag ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Braggy
1. tending to brag [adj -GIER, -GIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Braggy
Literary usage of Braggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1903)
"For as he entered the room where braggy sat, there came past the windows (which
looked out on to the front of the " You shall be whipped first and then ..."
2. Index to Short Stories by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins (1915)
"... Day 16: 49 Bachelors of braggy In Atlan 93: 597 Barney Brian's monument In
Harp W 44:826 Barney Roddy's penance In Through the turf smoke Bee, the harp, ..."
3. Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Or, What He Said, Did, Or Invented by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1853)
"... and then I didn't like all that bunkum about old Neptune, and the terrors of
the storm, and so on; it sounded braggy; so I thought. ..."
4. The Standard Index of Short Stories, 1900-1914 by Francis James Hannigan (1918)
"McClure 37:218 Je '11 MacManus, Seumas, 1870- Bachelors of braggy. Atlan 93:597
My '04 Barney Brian's monument. Harp W 44:826 Sl '00 Billy Baxter's holiday. ..."
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