gasconade
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of gasconade
First recorded in 1650–60; from French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner “to boast, chatter”; see Gascon, -ade 1
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This gasconade is backed up by the nearby portraits he made of other artists indebted to his influence: Basquiat, Clemente, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
They deliberated, debated, uttered paragraphs of chemical formulae that were, when understood, criticism, gasconade and prophecy.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the opinion of some observers, Senator Glass's gasconade was all that had been necessary to "terminate the practice" without further ado.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pennell's Pen Joseph Pennell, famed painter, etcher, published* a gasconade, prefaced with a diatribe—Etchers and Etching.
From Time Magazine Archive
A proceeding, which to people abroad, must look like the highest strain of temerity, folly, and gasconade.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Jonathan Swift
"Oh, he is the most famous Gascon that has ever gasconaded on the earth; with that, a figure indescribable and assurance unbounded; and as to the rest, sufficient courage."
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
The English reproach the French with gasconade, but they never gasconaded as the English do now.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
The big painter, in his full-blooded, boyish fashion, fairly gasconaded over the success of his exhibit.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
“I found more champions than anyone in history,” Van Pelt says without a hint of gasconading.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
They heralded the coming of Santa Anna, the victorious avenger, with passionate gasconading.
From Remember the Alamo by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Travellers, rancheros, family parties, gay gasconading rounders, sightseers and prowlers of polyglot, owlish San Antone mingled there at the centre of the city's fun and frolic.
From Roads of Destiny by O. Henry
"We have," he continued in loud tone and gasconading temper, "proved ourselves the superiors of the City and County, government, and of the State government; and if the Federal government dares"—He got no further.
From The Vigilance Committee of 1856 by James O'Meara
Meanwhile Mexico continued to excite our curiosity by spasmodic struggles in nerving her people for the war, as well as by gasconading despatches which breathed relentless animosity to our country for the annexation of Texas.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Brantz Mayer
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