Gasconade
adj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Boastful talk. countable, uncountable
"[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps."
- 2 Alternative spelling of gasconade. alt-of, alternative
- 3 an instance of boastful talk wordnet
- 1 To talk boastfully. derogatory, obsolete
"The Frenchman, not being able to bring the precise number, received only, as the first month's pay, 2,000 rupees. He demanded an audience, talked loud, and gasconaded."
- 2 Alternative spelling of gasconade. alt-of, alternative
- 3 show off wordnet
- 1 Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic. obsolete
"But Poetry and her sister arts are now in the decline; since the Gasconade style is out of date they seem quite at a stand."
- 1 A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, named after the Gasconade River.
- 2 the Gasconade River, a river in Missouri which flows into the Missouri River near the above town.
Example
More examples"[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps."
Etymology
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
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