Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gasconade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
boasting.]
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
braggodocio. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasconaded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gasconading}.]
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gasconade
v : show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag},
{gas}, {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}]
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