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braggart

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++brag·gart /ˈbræɡət $ -ərt/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  BOASTsomeone who is always talking too proudly about what they own or have done 自夸者,吹牛者
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braggartThey can easily become workaholics, name droppers, gossips and braggarts.Johnny was a show-off - a balding braggart who was later proved to be a liar.Overnight Riley Hanson had become a cautious braggart.But she finds refuge with another man, ironically a local braggart photographer who is not so much successful as handy.Loners, losers, braggarts, brawlers, they have few redeeming features.Honest prose defeats dissembling verse, and the braggart goes off to be a thief.The braggart Anecdotes that bolster self-image reveal a great deal to you about the speaker.The braggart turns every question into an answer that makes himself or herself look incredibly good.
Origin braggart (1500-1600) French bragard, from braguer to brag, perhaps from English brag
brag·gart nounChineseSyllable
is talking always too Corpus who someone proudly


braggart
braggart /ˈbræɡət $ -ərt/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: bragard, from braguer 'to brag', perhaps from English brag
someone who is always talking too proudly about what they own or have done


brag·gartBrE /ˈbræɡət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbræɡərt/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a person who brags 吹牛大王;自吹自擂者