FANFARONADE

Etymology

Noun

fanfaronade (countable and uncountable, plural fanfaronades)

Empty, self-assertive boasting.

Verb

fanfaronade (third-person singular simple present fanfaronades, present participle fanfaronading, simple past and past participle fanfaronaded)

To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting.

Source: Wiktionary


Fan*far`on*ade", n. Etym: [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.]

Definition: A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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