[…] 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.
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Gasconade
//ɡæskəˈneɪd//
Synonyms for "gasconade" (62 found)
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12 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- самохвалство noun (boastful talk)
- хваля се verb (To talk boastfully)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 口出狂言 noun (boastful talk)
- 大放厥詞 /大放厥词 noun (boastful talk)
French
2 entries- gasconnade noun (boastful talk)
- gasconner verb (To talk boastfully)
German
1 entries- Gaskonade noun (boastful talk)
Japanese
1 entries- 自慢話 noun (boastful talk)
Korean
2 entries- 자랑 noun (boastful talk)
- 허풍 noun (boastful talk)
Russian
2 entries- гаскона́да noun (boastful talk)
- хвастовство́ noun (boastful talk)
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If the Author was Jesuite enough to say this to himself, before he wrote it, he may come off. If not, it will prove a most unconscionable Gasconade. Pate ᵃ was never Bishop of Rochester, but of Worcester; he was not Banish'd, but Fed; and this not in King Edward's time, but in King Henry's.
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"This Gasconade surprised Le Maitre — 'You'll see,' said he, whispering to me, 'that he does not know a single note.'"
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"Just now... a cry from the opposite party who are content when they have enough, and like to look on and enjoy in the meanwhile, savours a little of bravado and gasconade."
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