英语词汇braggadocio的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	braggadocio
词源	braggadocio. You will look high and low in Italian dictionar- ies for this word, to no avail. For it was invented by Edmund Spenser (1552–99) in The Faerie Queene. Spenser gave the name Braggadochio to a loud-mouthed braggart in his poem who was finally revealed as a coward, and may have based his character on the duc d’Alençon, a suitor of Queen Elizabeth. The word came to mean “any braggart,” and finally “empty or loud boasting.”
随便看	donkey meat donkey-s years donnelly donner lake donner pass donnybrook donorcycle do-nothing congress don’t amount to a poot in a windstorm don’t blow a gasket don’t bogart that joint don’t change horses in midstream don’t come the acid don’t count on rain when it-s needed ‘til it-s floatin’ chips up around your belly button don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched don’t do anything i wouldn’t do don’t even think about it don’t fence me in don’t fix it if it-s not broke don’t get your bowels in an uproar don’t get your knickers in a twist don’t give a rap don’t give holy things to hounds don’t give up the ship don’t go shootin’ all the dogs ’cause one has fleas

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。