braggart, n. and a.
(ˈbrægət)
Also 6 bragart, 7 bragard, (braggate), 7–9 braggard.
[a. 16th c. F. bragard, f. brague-r to brag; see -ard.]
A. n. A vain bragger, one who brags much.
| a 1577 Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 74 In braggarts bote which set it selfe on sands. 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. i. 105 A Braggart, a Rogue..that fights by the booke of Arithmeticke. 1612 T. James Jesuits' Downf. 4 As if they were..bragging braggates of Toledo. 1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 128 Marshall Biron will dye like a mad man, and Parry like a braggard. 1812 Coleridge, Braggard. 1856 Thackeray Christmas Bks. (1872) 86 The real master of the school is Prince.. pitiless with fools and braggarts. |
B. adj. and attrib. Bragging, vainly boastful.
| 1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Bragard, fine, trime, proude. 1735 Pope Donne Sat. iv. 201 Truth! shall I quit thee For puffing, braggart, puft nobility? 1846 Arnold Hist. Rome III. xlvi. 347 If in his lifetime he indulged in..braggart language. 1882 Farrar Early Chr. II. 66 Braggart self-confidence. |
Hence, braggart-like adv. and braggartly a.
| a 1845 Hood Last Man xxiv, To see him lording so braggart-like. 1611 Chapman Iliad iii. Comm. (1857) 79 Whoever saw true learning..vouchsafe mansion in any..braggartly spirit. |