The corpus record — Latin

magnidicus

magnidicus · adj

that talks big, boastful, bragging

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Where it lives

Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k

What it meant

magnĭdĭcus — Lewis & Short

magnĭdĭcus, a, um, adj.magnusdico,

I that talks big, boastful, bragging (ante- and post-class.): homo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 48: Persae, Amm. 23, 6, 80.—Transf., of abstr. things: mendacia, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 31.

In the wild

magnidicis Plautus, Rudens 2.6
magnidicum Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 3.3

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. magnidicus (scan p. 402; entry #6394).

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