| source : web1913 | 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. 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. | source : wn | braggadocio n : vain and empty boasting [syn: {bluster}, {rodomontade}]