Blague
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it. countable, uncountable
"The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple."
- 1 To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit.
""Yes," said Farnham, "so the woman told me, and she added that they were authentic of the twelfth century. asked her if she could not throw off a century or two in consideration of the hard times, and she laughed, and said I blagued, and honestly she didn't know how old they were, but it was dro^le, tout de me^me, qu'on pu^t adorer un petit bon Dieu d'une laideur pareille.""
Example
More examples"The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple."
Etymology
Borrowed from French blague. Doublet of belly.
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