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thrasonical

[ threy-son-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. boastful; vainglorious.


thrasonical

/ θrəˈsɒnɪkəl /

adjective

  1. rare.
    bragging; boastful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • thraˈsonically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • thra·soni·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thrasonical1

1555–65; < Latin Thrasōn- (stem of Thrasō, braggart in Terence's Eunuchus ) + -ical
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thrasonical1

C16: from Latin Thrasō name of boastful soldier in Eunuchus, a play by Terence, from Greek Thrasōn, from thrasus forceful
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Example Sentences

He brings flamboyant drollery to the part of the pedant Holofernes, breaking into Latin at every ill-judged opportunity and flipping his hair triumphantly after employing the adjective “thrasonical.”

How wonderfully popular these thrasonical wild-beast tamers and prancing proconsul sort of fellows are—with the gallery!

Thrasonical, thrā-son′ik-al, adj. resembling Thraso, a boastful soldier in Terence's Eunuchus: boastful, bragging.—adv.

On the other hand it would be impossible to imagine a greater contrast than that between Lever’s thrasonical narrator heroes and Major Yeates, R.M., whose fondness for sport is allied to a thorough consciousness of his own infirmities as a sportsman.

Compliments delicate, piled not sickly-sweetly, Like washy Warton's, nor so loud thrasonical— Like Glorious John's—that they sound half ironical!

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