fanfaron
Americannoun
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a braggart.
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a fanfare.
Etymology
Origin of fanfaron
First recorded in 1615–25; from French, from Spanish fanfarrón “braggart,” said to be of expressive origin
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A well-meaning, self-satisfied, dull, industrious man, he gave Byron excellent moral advice, to which the latter responded as the fanfaron de ses vices, evidently with great amusement to himself.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
It isn’t fanfaron at all, the accent is right on the first syllable, and fanfaron doesn’t rhyme a bit!
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.
From George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge
He then brought an action for defamation of character, but was non-suited, as it was proved that he had been the fanfaron of his own vices.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
Ilga Barron, The great fanfaron, Went into the closet one day; But she was so stout She couldn’t get out, And there she had to sta-ay!
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
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