gasconade

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gasconade^¹

/ɡæskəˈneɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.

noun gasconades · Gasconade

countable, uncountable Boastful talk. […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.

adjective more gasconade · most gasconade · Gasconade

obsolete Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic. But Poetry and her sister arts are now in the decline; since the Gasconade style is out of date they seem quite at a stand.

verb gasconades · gasconading · gasconaded · Gasconade

derogatory, obsolete To talk boastfully. The Frenchman, not being able to bring the precise number, received only, as the first month's pay, 2,000 rupees. He demanded an audience, talked loud, and gasconaded.
Similar: bluster, boast

Gasconade^²

noun Gasconades

alternative Alternative spelling of gasconade

proper noun

A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, named after the Gasconade River.
the Gasconade River, a river in Missouri which flows into the Missouri River near the above town.

verb Gasconades · Gasconading · Gasconaded

alternative Alternative spelling of gasconade

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noun boastful talk

한국어	허풍 heopung, 자랑 jarang
日本語	自慢話 jimanbanashi
中文	大放厥詞 /大放厥词 dà fàng jué cí, 口出狂言 kǒu chū kuáng yán
Français	gasconnade
Deutsch	Gaskonade
Русский	хвастовство́ xvastovstvó, гаскона́да gaskonáda

verb To talk boastfully

Français	gasconner

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@misc{gasconade_2026,
  title = {gasconade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gasconade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}