Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Braggadocio

Braggadocio ({not transcribed}) , noun

[From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's “Faerie Queene.”]

1.
A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
Faerie Queene. — Dryden
2.
Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.