bravado
bruh-VAH-doh · noun
Origin
Bravado comes from French bravade, meaning bragging or boasting, which came from Italian bravata, from the verb bravare, "to brag, to boast," itself from bravo.
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Journey
The word has carried that sense of showy, vocal confidence from its earliest traceable form.
Related words
It shares its root, bravo, with bravura — both words descending from the same Italian family of boldness and show.
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