Citations:braggatory

English citations of braggatory

Adjective: "(nonstandard) exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful"

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• 1980, Living Blues, Issues 45-49, page 40:

  Not to be using this in a braggatory way or anything, but I'm a little more equipped to handle these things than Dixon.

• 1999 February 21, Mike B., “Re: Fill Me In on This Flame War”, in alt.autos.corvette‎^[1] (Usenet):

  God forbid he use a name that is not braggatory... had to be something like "richboy", "sexmachine", "tootoughforyou" or "godofeverything" […]

• 2002 March 10, jodream1 [username], “Where is the group?”, in alt.astrology‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Leo, Braggatory, courageous, funny

• 2012, Katie Appenheimer, Crownless: Tales of the Banished, AuthorHouse (2012), →ISBN, page 164:

  Feeling particularly good-natured, Thera gave Alannah a sporting chance before out-distancing her, following that up with a braggatory lap around the cabin before Alannah reached it.