English
Alternative forms
Gasconade
Etymology
Possibly from 18th-century slang "Gascon" (a braggart).
Pronunciation
rhymes|eɪd
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete|derogatory Boastful talk.
#*1782, W. Cunningham Mallory, translation of Confessions by w:Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Book III 1:
#:"This Gasconade surprised Le Maitre � 'You'll see,' said he, whispering to me, 'that he does not know a single note.'"
#*1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, wikisource:Virginibus_Puerisque#CHAPTER_III_-_AN_APOLOGY_FOR_IDLERS|Virginibus Puerisque Chapter III:
#:"Just now... a cry from the opposite party who are content when they have enough, and like to look on and enjoy in the meanwhile, savours a little of bravado and gasconade."
Translations
German: Gascognade f
Verb
en-verb|gasconad|es
- obsolete|derogatory To talk boastfully.
#*1817, review of "Wilks's Historical Sketches of the South of India," in The Quarterly Review 2, page 57:
#:"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."
#*1847, Dorothy (Wordsworth) Quillinan, Journal of a Few Months Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of Spain 3, page 246:
#:"...he gasconaded on the theme of his personal exploits in the Seven Years' War of France in Spain, as if he had been as prime a sword-player as Murat..."
Synonyms
bluster
boast
Usage notes
Seldom used after the late 19th century. Appears overwhelmingly in references to the French.
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