- fanfaronade
- noun Etymology: French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón braggart Date: 1652 empty boasting ; bluster
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fanfaronade
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Fanfaronade — Fan*far on*ade , n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See {Fanfaron}.] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fanfaronade — index histrionics, jactation, pretense (ostentation), rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fanfaronade — [fan΄fə rə nād′] n. [Fr < Sp fanfarronada < fanfarrón, boaster, prob. < Ar farfār, loquacious] boasting talk or showy action; bluster … English World dictionary
fanfaronade — /fan feuhr euh nayd /, n. bragging; bravado; bluster. [1645 55; < F fanfaronnade < Sp fanfarronada. See FANFARON, ADE1] * * * … Universalium
fanfaronade — noun Empty boasting, wildly self assertive … Wiktionary
Fanfaronade — Fan|fa|ro|na|de, die; , n [frz. fanfaronnade, zu: fanfaron, ↑Fanfaron] (veraltet): Angeberei, Prahlerei … Universal-Lexikon
fanfaronade — Synonyms and related words: anniversaries, blazon, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bravura, brilliancy, bullying, bustle, celebrating,… … Moby Thesaurus
fanfaronade — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE … English dictionary for students
Fanfaronade — Fan|fa|ro|na|de [fanfaron...] die; , en <aus gleichbed. fr. fanfaronnade> (veraltet) Großsprecherei, Prahlerei … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
fanfaronade — n. (French) boasting; bluster … English contemporary dictionary
