Thrasonical describes someone who is bragging or boastful, reminiscent of the character Thraso.
Thrasonical describes someone who is bragging or boastful, reminiscent of the character Thraso.
| Word | thrasonical |
|---|---|
| Date | February 24, 2015 |
| Type | adjective |
| Syllables | thray-SAH-nih-kul |
| Etymology | Thraso was a blustering old soldier in the comedy Eunuchus, a play written by the great Roman dramatist Terence more than 2,000 years ago. Terence is generally remembered for his realistic characterizations, and in Thraso he created a swaggerer whose vainglorious boastfulness was not soon to be forgotten. Thraso's reputation as a braggart lives on in thrasonical, a word that boasts a 450-year history as an English adjective. |
| Examples | "There was never any thing so sudden but the fight of two rams and Caesar's thrasonical brag of 'I came, saw, and overcame'…." - William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 1623 "After pages of thrasonical twaddle sprinkled with fawning photos, charts and esoteric columns of numbers I learned only of the flawless perfection of the university...." - Peter B. Fletcher, Ann Arbor (Michigan) News, December 16, 2003 |
| Definition | : of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of Thraso : bragging, boastful |
Tags: wordoftheday::adjective
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