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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Braggadocious/trepidatious

Not sure on the spelling of each, but are 'trepidatious' and 'braggadocious' actual words. I hear them all the time by media professionals and others.

Have they replaced 'trepid' and 'braggadocian' in usage as the adjectives? It seems so.

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My list spells the "B" word without the "u." (I suppose that could be an error.)

I only have "trepidation(s)." (not the adjective)
Of course I have "trepid."

There are plenty of Google refs:

http://www.chacha.com/question/is-bragadocious-a-word
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I note that while dictionary.com gives an adjective entry for "braggadocious," it does not for "trepidatious," opting to give only the noun, "trepidation."
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Yes, it does. Under the trepidation entry, you'll find this:

[Latin trepidatio, trepidation-, from trepidatus, past participle of trepidare, to be in a state of confusion, from trepidus, anxious.]
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BOF_DEF>trep'i·da'tious (-sh?s) adj.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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Thanks.
Boy, I'm getting reallybad! Hey, that's my dictionary! Emotion: embarrassed
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