The superlative form of 'brag,' meaning the most prone to bragging or the most boastful (archaic or dialectal usage).
Formed by adding the superlative suffix '-est' to 'brag' when used as an adjective. This is an archaic or rare form, as modern English typically uses 'most braggy' or 'most boastful' rather than 'braggest,' reflecting how English has moved away from inflectional endings toward periphrastic constructions.
This word shows how English is slowly losing its old '-est' superlatives—we used to say 'fastest,' 'slowest,' 'braggest,' but now longer adjectives use 'most' instead. In 500 years, English may have abandoned inflectional endings almost entirely, relying purely on helper words like 'most' and 'very'.
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