gasconade

American  

[gas-kuh-nayd] / ˌgæs kəˈneɪd /

noun

1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

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verb (used without object)

gasconaded, gasconading

1. to boast extravagantly; bluster.

gasconade British  

/ ˌɡæskəˈneɪd /

noun

1. boastful talk, bragging, or bluster

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verb

1. (intr) to boast, brag, or bluster

Other Word Forms

• gasconader
  noun

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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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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gasconade gasconaded gasconading

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

The titles of the poems show the mood, Peter Quince at the Clavier, The Comedian as the Letter C, Hymn from a Watermelon Pavilion, Colloquy with a Polish Aunt, "princox, citherns, toucans, gasconade."

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

They deliberated, debated, uttered paragraphs of chemical formulae that were, when understood, criticism, gasconade and prophecy.

From Time Magazine Archive

I became more and more convinced that the pompous story of the victory the day before was a mere gasconade.

From Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813 by Frederic Shoberl

"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

Your turn for gasconading, Laird of M'Aulay, is too well known, that men of honour should regard your vaunts.

From A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott

This gasconading advance, which would have foundered utterly against a single battalion of the troops which fought in 1812-13 amongst the Pyrenees, was here for the moment successful.

From Autobiographical Sketches by Thomas De Quincey

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

Poor Flinter! a braver heart and a more gasconading mouth were surely never united in the same body. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow

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