milites gloriosi

[ mee-li-teyz glawr-ee-oh-see, glohr- ]

plural noun

, Latin.

, singular mi·les glo·ri·o·sus [mee, -leyz glawr-ee-, oh, -s, uh, s, glohr-].

1. (especially as stock characters in comic literature) bragging soldiers.

Example Sentences

The milites gloriosi are all cartoons;166 and the perpetually moralizing pedagogue Lydus of the Bac. becomes funny, instead of egregiously tedious, if acted as a broad burlesque.

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