gasconade
/'gæskə'neid/
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Definition
Noun:
- Boastful or bragging talk; extravagant boasting: "gasconade" refers to speech or writing that excessively praises oneself, one's achievements, or one's possessions, often in a loud, arrogant, or exaggerated manner.
Verb:
- To boast or brag extravagantly; to show off: "gasconade" means to speak about oneself or one's deeds with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The politician's speech was dismissed as mere gasconade, lacking any substantive policy.
- His constant gasconade about his wealth made him unpopular among his peers.
Verb:
- He would often gasconade about his athletic prowess, though few had ever seen him compete.
- It is unbecoming to gasconade so openly about one's minor accomplishments.
Advanced Usage
"To indulge in gasconade": to engage in or be given to boastful talk.
- After a few drinks, he was prone to indulge in gasconade about his youthful adventures.
As a rhetorical device: In literature, a character's gasconade can be used to reveal vanity or foolish pride.
- The playwright used the knight's gasconade to comic effect, highlighting his cowardice.
Variants and Related Words
- Gasconader (noun): A person who boasts or brags excessively.
- He was known as a notorious gasconader in the club.
Synonyms
- Noun: Boast, brag, braggadocio, vaunt, bluster, crowing.
- Verb: Boast, brag, vaunt, crow, bluster, swagger.
Word Origin and Notes
- Etymology: The word derives from Gascony, a region in southwestern France whose inhabitants, the Gascons, were stereotypically reputed in French literature for being boastful and braggarts.
- Register: "Gasconade" is a formal, somewhat literary, and now relatively rare word. It carries a connotation of empty, pretentious boasting.
Noun
- an instance of boastful talk
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
Verb
- show off