fanfaronade
bragging; bravado; bluster.
Origin of fanfaronade
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How to use fanfaronade in a sentence
This was the derisive answer that Clarissa made to this fanfaronade of old Joshua.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonJessie had heard all this fanfaronade, and much more from Mrs. Baxter, but she was not thinking of it now.
Jessamine | Marion HarlandHe loves bright colours, he easily becomes audacious, overcrowing, full of fanfaronade.
Celtic Literature | Matthew ArnoldHe had now spread himself out on the back seat, his two arms on the sides of the boat, and was showing off with fanfaronade.
Therese Raquin | Emile ZolaThere was, no doubt, in the movement a good deal of claret and fanfaronade.
Irish History and the Irish Question | Goldwin Smith
British Dictionary definitions for fanfaronade
/ (ˌfænfərəˈnɑːd) /
rare boasting or flaunting behaviour; bluster
Origin of fanfaronade
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