Thrasonical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thrasonical is an adjective meaning Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
Meaning
Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
Example Sentences
The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie.
His humour is loftie, his diſcourſe peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious, his gate maieſticall and his general behauiour vaine, rediculous, & thraſonicall. He is too picked, too ſpruce, too affected, to od, as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it.
In amongst his general thrasonical ranting and ravings concerning his own merits, Skogan had promised the company that tomorrow the world would know how good his verses were – when he read aloud at the court gate some poem which he had written in honour of the birthday of Thomas, Duke of Clarence.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brag, swaggering, boastful, braggish, boastive, braggart.
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