boastfulness
131boastful — boast|ful [ˈbəustfəl US ˈboust ] adj talking too proudly about yourself >boastfully adv >boastfulness n [U] …
132brag — [13] Brag first turned up in English as an adjective, meaning ‘spirited’ or ‘boastful’; the verb and noun did not appear until the 14th century. Where English got the word from, however, remains a mystery. French has braguer ‘brag’, but it is not …
