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Bramarbas
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German
Etymology
Name of a dramatic stock character, perhaps related to de es bramar to roar. First attested in the anonymous poem Cartell des B. an Don Quixote (1710).
Pronunciation
de /bʁaˈmaʁbas/
de Bra mar bas
Noun
m,-,se
de dated elevated braggart
de Prahlhans Aufschneider
182 Diese Art, sich gegen das Grauen zu wehren, würde er nicht lernen können, nicht dies schlaue diebische Sichdurchpirschen und auch nicht diese laute, dreiste Art von Narrentum, diesen wortreichen Galgenhumor des Bramarbas. He would never be able to learn Viktor's way of fighting the horror, his sly, thievish squeaking by, his loud brazen jests and wordy humor. w:Ursule Molinaro 1968 Narcissus and Goldmund
Declension
m,-,se
Derived terms
de bramarbasieren
Further reading
de eponyms