the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
n. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A boasting fellow; a braggart.
n. Empty boasting; brag: as, “tiresome braggadocio,”
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n. vain and empty boasting
Word Usage
"Now I had but one fear, namely, that they would unlace me; so that it must be understood that my reply was not uttered in braggadocio but was meant to forestall any possible unlacing."