Re: Suffixes about one that does a (specified) thing

Posted by Tim Luo on 2006/4/6 21:43:45
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elinortw wrote:
Tim,

Is braggard equivalent to braggart and bragger?

Thank you.


Indeed braggard is the older form of braggart. Nowadays people just (mostly) use braggart. Bragger does not have such a negative sense that braggart has.

Another word for braggart is braggadocio.

Tim

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