thrasonical

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The Word of the Day for November 20 is:

thrasonical   \thray-SAH-nih-kul\   adjective 
     : of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of Thraso : bragging, 
boastful 

Example sentence: 
     Bob's incessant bragging earned him a reputation as a thrasonical bore 
among his coworkers.

Did you know? 
     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 history as an English adjective for more than 440 years.





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