gasconade

[ gas-kuh-neyd ]

noun

1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

verb (used without object)

, gas·con·ad·ed, gas·con·ad·ing.

1. to boast extravagantly; bluster.

gasconade

/ ˌɡæskəˈneɪd /

noun

1. boastful talk, bragging, or bluster

verb

1. intr to boast, brag, or bluster

Derived Forms

• ˌgasconˈader, noun

Other Words From

• gascon·ader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gasconade¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner “to boast, chatter”; Gascon, -ade ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of gasconade¹

C18: from French gasconnade, from gasconner to chatter, boast like a Gascon

Example Sentences

“I found more champions than anyone in history,” Van Pelt says without a hint of gasconading.

From Seattle Times

“Your gasconade and cache of catchphrases, so limiting and reflexive, escalate the emasculation of you by a world whose patience is in nuclear peril,” says the book’s title character.

From Washington Times

For the rest, I calmly went on with my eulogy on courage; only that, instead of ludicrous gasconading, which directly betrays the coward, I purposely expressed myself in words at once cool, clear and firm.

From Project Gutenberg

But those, who know anything of our history or situation, must have the utmost contempt for all these gasconades.

From Project Gutenberg

No one excelled him in ingenuity, eloquence, bombast, gasconade or dialectic skill.

From Project Gutenberg