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English
Etymology
From brag + -atory.
Adjective
braggatory (comparative more braggatory, superlative most braggatory)
- (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 (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.
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