Defn: Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
[Arhaic]
A brag young fellow. B. Jonson.
BRAG
Brag, adv.
Defn: Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] Fuller.
BRAGGADOCIO
Brag`ga*do"cio, n. Etym: [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in
Spenser's "Faërie Queene.">[
1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden.
2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.
BRAGGARDISM
Brag"gard*ism, n. Etym: [See Braggart.]
Defn: Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak.
BRAGGART Brag"gart, n. Etym: [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i.]
Defn: A boaster. O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue. Shak.