fanfaronade

[ fan-fer-uh-neyd ]
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noun
  1. bragging; bravado; bluster.

Origin of fanfaronade

1
First recorded in 1645–55; from French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada “bluff, bluster,” derivative of fanfarrón “braggart”; see fanfaron, -ade1

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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 Worthington
  • Jessie had heard all this fanfaronade, and much more from Mrs. Baxter, but she was not thinking of it now.

    Jessamine | Marion Harland
  • He loves bright colours, he easily becomes audacious, overcrowing, full of fanfaronade.

    Celtic Literature | Matthew Arnold
  • He 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 Zola
  • There was, no doubt, in the movement a good deal of claret and fanfaronade.

British Dictionary definitions for fanfaronade

fanfaronade

/ (ˌfænfərəˈnɑːd) /


noun
  1. rare boasting or flaunting behaviour; bluster

Origin of fanfaronade

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C17: via French from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón boaster, from Arabic farfār garrulous

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