braggart
Collocations
5ADJ.
big, large
VERB + BRAGGART
eyes, huffing, likes, mine
BRAGGART + NOUN
nobility, parasite, puft, tongue, vagueness
PREP.
with, with
ADV.
ever, only
Definitions
noun
Someone who constantly brags or boasts.
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.
adj
Characterized by boasting; boastful.
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.
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6O I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And Braggart with my tongue.
WiktionaryShallow water gives a great splash, and so a braggart has ever been contemptible in my eyes.
WiktionaryA 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 exclamati
WiktionaryO my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee, / For huffing, braggart, puft Nobility?
WiktionaryCaptain [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
WiktionaryHe 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.
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