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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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