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brag
English
Etymology
From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?æ?/
- Hyphenation: brag
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
brag (plural brags)
- A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
- The thing which is boasted of.
- (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chesterfield to this entry?)
Derived terms
- bragless
Translations
Verb
brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)
- (intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
- (transitive) To boast of.
Synonyms
- boast
Hyponyms
- brag on
Derived terms
- braggard
- humblebrag
Related terms
- bragging rights
Translations
Adjective
brag (comparative bragger, superlative braggest)
- Excellent; first-rate.
- (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
- 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub
- a woundy, brag young fellow
Adverb
brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)
- (obsolete) proudly; boastfully
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
References
Anagrams
- ARGB, garb, grab
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse brak.
Noun
brag n (singular definite braget, plural indefinite brag)
- bang, crash
Inflection
Related terms
- brage verb
Verb
brag
- imperative of brage
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bregge, which derives from Proto-Germanic *brugj?. Cognates include West Frisian brêge.
Noun
brag f (plural bragen)
- (Föhr-Amrum) bridge
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bragless
English
Etymology
brag +? -less
Adjective
bragless (not comparable)
- Without bragging.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene 9,[1]
- Diomedes. The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles.
- Ajax. If it be so, yet bragless let it be;
- Great Hector was a man as good as he.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene 9,[1]
Anagrams
- garbless
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