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   braggadocio

   /ˌbraɡəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. boastful or arrogant behaviour.

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a boaster): from Braggadocchio, the name of a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Italian suffix -occio, denoting something large of its kind.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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