Gasconism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bragging; boastfulness. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A Gascon idiom or expression. countable, uncountable

    "So that the Latinisms — as again the Gasconisms that betray his origin, — are assimilated into the substance of his writing rather than appended as foreign elements."

Synonyms

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blusterboastbombastbragbraggingbravado

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"So that the Latinisms — as again the Gasconisms that betray his origin, — are assimilated into the substance of his writing rather than appended as foreign elements."

Etymology

From Gascon + -ism.

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