braggart
/ˈbɹæɡɚt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
adj
Example Sentences
- "O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue."
- "Shallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes."
- "A very good resolve to make and keep, if you would also keep any friends you make, is never to speak of anyone without, in imagination, having them overhear what you say. One often hears the exclamation “I would say it to her face!” At least be very sure that this is true, and not a braggart’s phrase and then—nine times out of ten think better of it and refrain."
- "O my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?"
- "Captain [Benjamin] Bonneville was delighted with the game look of these cavaliers of the mountains, welcomed them heartily to his camp, and ordered a free allowance of grog to regale them, which soon put them in the most braggart spirits."
- "He took him on the long walks of which he was fond, and made him in some sort his humble confidant, talking to him of himself and his plans with large and braggart vagueness."
Etymology
From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bragard
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɹæɡɚt/
- British English: /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/