Thrasonical

//θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.

    "The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie."

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arrogantboastfulboastfulbombasticbraggartbragging

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"The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie."

Etymology

From Latin Thrasō, Thrason-, the name of a boastful soldier in the play Eunuchus by Terence. The name is derived from Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, “bold, audacious”).

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