2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

Brag"gard*ism (&?;), n. [See Braggart.] Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak.

Brag"gart (&?;), n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i.] A boaster.

O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,

And braggart with my tongue.

Shak.

Brag"gart, a. Boastful. -- Brag"gart*ly, adv.

Brag"ger (&?;), n. One who brags; a boaster.

Brag"get (&?;), n. [OE. braket, bragot, fr. W. bragawd, bragod, fr. brag malt.] A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Brag"ging`ly (&?;), adv. Boastingly.

Brag"less, a. Without bragging. [R.] Shak.

Brag"ly, adv. In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. [Obs.] Spenser.

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