gasconade

[gas-kuh-neyd]

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noun

extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

verb (used without object), gas·con·ad·ed, gas·con·ad·ing.

to boast extravagantly; bluster.

Origin of gasconade

1700–10; < French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner to boast, chatter. See Gascon, -ade¹

Related formsgas·con·ad·er, noun

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Related Words for gasconade

blow, exult, exaggerate, crow, flaunt, bully, brag, gloat, fake, flourish, advertise, bluster, aggrandize, con, cock-a-doodle-doo

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Historical Examples of gasconade

It was the first seat of Gasconade County, but was supplanted by Hermann.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV
Edwin James
Near the mouth of Gasconade River we met the Oto steam-boat.
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)
Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
But the officers who lead the troops do not allow their enemies the monopoly of gasconade.
Romantic Spain
John Augustus O'Shea
My first night from Rolla was passed on the banks of the Gasconade.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field
Thomas W. Knox
This is at the foot of a bluff facing the Gasconade, 2½ miles below Gascondy.
Archeological Investigations
Gerard Fowke

British Dictionary definitions for gasconade

gasconade

noun

boastful talk, bragging, or bluster

verb

(intr) to boast, brag, or bluster

Derived Formsgasconader, noun

Word Origin for gasconade

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

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Word Origin and History for gasconade

1709 (n.); 1727 (v.), from French gasconade (see Gascon + -ade); from gasconner (16c.) "to boast, brag," literally "to talk like a Gascon."