gasconade
noun
extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
gasconader
-
a word derived from
gasconade.
Example Sentences
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Tom Callahan, an ex-Marine, knows a flimflammer, a bugiardo, a poseur, a gasconader when he hears one.
From Golf Digest ● May 6, 2020
Smyth, an empty gasconader, was regarded, even by his own troops, with contempt, and had to fly from the camp to escape their indignation.
From Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
