braggadocio

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
braggadocio /ˌbragəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ/

▶noun boastful or arrogant behaviour.

– origin C16: from Braggadocchio, a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Ital. suffix -occio, denoting something large.

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