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- adjective
superlative form ofbrag : mostbrag .
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Examples
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Thou braggest before one who, upon his time having matured, is surrounded on all sides by Time's conflagration and bound strongly in Time's cords.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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A man said to a sage, "Thou braggest of thy wisdom, but it came from me."
The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891
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Neither art thou so far the youngest among the Argives, nor do thy eyes look so far the keenliest from thy head, yet continually braggest thou.
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882
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And who art thou that braggest of thy life of Idleness; complacently shewest thy bright gilt equipages; sumptuous cushions; appliances for folding of the hands to mere sleep?
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838
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And who art thou that braggest of thy life of Idleness; complacently showest thy bright gilt equipages; sumptuous cushions; appliances for folding of the hands to mere sleep?
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838
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‘Thou braggest of thy faith’ says Augustine, ‘but show me thy faith by thy love to the saints.’
The Ten Commandments 1692
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"And, who art thou that braggest of thy life of idleness; complacently showest thy bright gilt equipages; sumptuous cushions; appliances for the folding of the hands to more sleep?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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Possessed with pride and insolence, thou braggest today of thy prowess, not regarding any of the world's bowmen in battle! [
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
bilby commented on the word braggest
Another case where the examples are more useful than the definition(s).
November 20, 2023