- father) and the
miles gloriosus (the
braggart soldier) are two
types of alazṓn.
Miles Gloriosus (literally, "
braggart-soldier", in Latin) is a
stock character...
-
source for
Miles Gloriosus was a Gr**** play, now lost,
called Alazon or The
Braggart.
Although the
characters in
Miles Gloriosus speak Latin, they are Gr****s...
-
Eyvind Braggart is a quasi-historical
figure and is a
character in Egil's Saga.
Eyvind was one of
Queen Gunnhild's brothers.
Queen Gunnhild convinces Eyvind...
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Boasting is to
speak with
excessive pride and self-satisfaction
about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
Boasting occurs when
someone feels...
- be said to "crack" a joke) and
cracker could be used to
describe loud
braggarts; this term is
still in use in Ireland,
Scotland and
Northern England,...
- 1 Joe
Howard May 7, 1923
Tried hijacking Capone-Torrio beer and was a
braggart. 2 Dean O'Banion
November 10, 1924 Ran
North Side
liquor business and declared...
- Braggadocchio, a
fictional character in the epic poem The
Faerie Queene A
braggart or
empty boasting Braggadocio (rap), a type of
rapping Braggadocio (typeface)...
- po****ted
almost exclusively by
snivelling wretches,
insufferable prigs,
braggarts and
outright bullies"
writes the
journalist Ryan Gilbey.
Hoffman was appreciated...
-
being called "Colonel".
Although considered ambitious and
something of a
braggart, the
other Jaycees held him in high
regard for his fund-raising work, and...
-
characters in comedy. The eirôn
usually succeeded in
bringing down his
braggart opponent (the alazôn) by
understating his own abilities. The eirôn developed...