Protz.
braggard, poseur
Meaning & usage
braggard, poseur
splendor, magnificence, splurge
tractor with artillery
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from regional terms for toad, from Middle High German broʒʒen (“to swell”), just as braggarts inflate themselves with their pride and ego. Further origin is uncertain; speculative connections have been made to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”), whence Proto-Germanic *breustą (“breast, chest”).
coniferous tree with abnormal growth
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German broʒ (“bud”), from Middle High German broʒʒen (“to sprout”), which may be of the same origin as Etymology 1.
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