Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

braggadocian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brag-gado-cian
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"neither Greeks nor Romans ever had the fifteenth part of the now known world, nor half of that which was then described. What braggadocians are they and we then!"

Etymology

From braggadocio + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: braggadocio

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

braggadocians (plural)

Questions

What does braggadocian mean?: Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
Where does braggadocian come from?: From braggadocio + -an.

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