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41commedia dell'arte — /keuh may dee euh del ahr tee/; It. /kawm me dyah del lahrdd te/, pl. commedia dell artes, commedias dell arte, It. commedie dell arte /kawm me dye del lahrdd te/. Italian popular comedy, developed chiefly during the 16th 18th centuries, in which …
42cracker — /krak euhr/, n. 1. a thin, crisp biscuit. 2. a firecracker. 3. Also called cracker bonbon. a small paper roll used as a party favor, that usually contains candy, trinkets, etc., and that pops when pulled sharply at one or both ends. 4. (cap.)… …
43fanfaron — /fan feuh ron /, n. 1. a braggart. 2. a fanfare. [1615 25; < F < Sp fanfarrón braggart, said to be of expressive orig.] * * * …
44Fields, W.C. — orig. William Claude Dukenfield born Jan. 29, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died Dec. 25, 1946, Pasadena, Calif. U.S. actor and screenwriter. He was a vaudeville headliner as a juggler and appeared for seven seasons (1915–21) in the Ziegfeld… …
45Udall, Nicholas — born December 1505?, Southampton, Hampshire, Eng. died December 1556, Westminster English playwright, translator, and schoolmaster. The headmaster of Eton College from 1534 and of Westminster from 1555, Udall was well known as a translator. He is …
46boaster — noun One who boasts; a braggart/bragger. Syn: braggart, bragger, swagger, swaggerer …
47smart aleck — I n. know it all, braggart. See vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. show off, boaster, wise guy; see braggart , clown . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it …
48windbag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n.,slang, bag of wind, gasbag, gasses (sl.), big mouth (sl.), blabbermouth (sl.); braggart, blusterer; gossip, chatterer. See loquacity, boasting. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. talker, boaster, bore, bag of… …
49boastful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bragging, pretentious, bombastic, braggart; see egotistic 2 , proud 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bragging, blustering, vaunting, pompous, vain, arrogant, conceited, *full of hot air, vainglorious, strutting,… …
50egotist — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. narcissist, boaster, egoist, egomaniac; see braggart . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. egoist, boaster, selfish pig, narcissist, braggart, peacock, *swellhead, egomaniac. A self made man who worships his creator. John… …
