Part 1338

<h1>Brag</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.</def>

<blockquote>C\'91sar . . . made not here his <b>brag</b> Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing which is boasted of.</def>

<blockquote>Beauty is Nature's <b>brag</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A game at cards similar to bluff.</def>

<i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brag</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Brag</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.</def> <mark>[Arhaic]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>brag</b> young fellow. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brag</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Proudly; boastfully.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Braggadocio</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag`ga*do"cio</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Braggadocchio</ets>, a boastful character in Spenser's "Fa\'89rie Queene."]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.</def>

<h1>Braggardism</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag"gard*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Braggart</er>.]</ety> <def>Boastfulness; act of bragging.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Braggart</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag"gart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bragard</ets> flaunting, vain, bragging. See <er>Brag</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>A boaster.</def>

<blockquote>O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And <b>braggart</b> with my tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Braggart</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag"gart</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Boastful.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Brag"gart*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bragger</h1> <Xpage=174>

<hw>Brag"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who brags; a boaster.</def>