braggatory

English

Etymology

brag +‎ -atory

Adjective

braggatory (comparative more braggatory, superlative most braggatory)

1. (nonstandard) Exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful.
   • 1980, Living Blues, numbers 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" […]

   • 2012, Katie Appenheimer, Crownless: Tales of the Banished, AuthorHouse, →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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:braggatory.