braggart

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a very boastful and talkative person
  2. adjective exhibiting self-importance

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.

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Synonyms

bragger, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter

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