Braggadocio
WordNet
noun
(1) Vain and empty boasting
WiktionaryText
Etymology
After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen (1590), apparently a pseudo- coinage.
After Braggadocchio, boastful character in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen (1590), apparently a pseudo- coinage.