braggatory

English

Etymology

From 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.
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