gasconade








noun

  1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

verb (used without object), gas·con·ad·ed, gas·con·ad·ing.

  1. to boast extravagantly; bluster.

noun

  1. boastful talk, bragging, or bluster

verb

  1. (intr) to boast, brag, or bluster

1709 (n.); 1727 (v.), from French gasconade (see Gascon + -ade); from gasconner (16c.) “to boast, brag,” literally “to talk like a Gascon.”

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