Gasconade refers to boastful talk or to boast extravagantly.
Gasconade se refiere a alardes o a presumir extravagantemente.
| Front | gasconade \gas-kuh-NAYD\ |
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| Back | noun Boastful talk. verb intr. To boast extravagantly. [The citizens of Gascony in southwestern France have proverbially been regarded as prone to bragging. Their reputation has been immortalized in such swashbuckling literary works as Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Linguistically, the legend survives in the word "gascon," meaning "braggart," as well as in "gasconade" itself.] "Stanley Hauerwas's explanation is not appreciated in an era of instant broadcast and electronic gasconade." |
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