braggart English · revision 1923

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbɹæɡɚt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|bragard]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''braguer'' “to brag, to show off”^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and the pejorative suffix [[-ard]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Barnhart and Etymonline suggest the French verb first meant “to show off clothes, especially breeches”, from ''brague'' “breeches”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The word has been influenced in English by [[brag]],^(Etymonline) though Barnhart notes that the French words cannot underlie English ''brag'', which is about 300 years older.^(Barnhart 1995) Random House analyses it as ''brag'' plus ''-art''.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A vain boaster, one who brags a great deal (before 1577).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective, “boastful”, followed in 1613.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The older agent noun ''bragger'', recorded from the late 14th century, has become practically a variant of this word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1577 – a boaster.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1613 – adjective, boastful.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person given to loud, empty [[boast|alt=boasting]]; a [[bragger]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Boastful.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[braggartism]]

+ * [[braggartly]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[brag]]

+ * [[bracket]]

+ * [[braggadocio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}