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fanfaronade
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Word definitions for fanfaronade in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fanfaronade \Fan*far`on*ade"\, n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron .] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. --Swift.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Empty, self-assertive boasting.
Usage examples of fanfaronade.
But despite all this fanfaronade of brutal bluster, and various movements that looked somewhat threatening, and this complete isolation for more than a week from the rest of the World, the city of Washington was not seized by the Rebels, after all.
Recounting the thing over and over again seemed a fanfaronade, unmanly, particularly since he had been required to tell the tale so often as part of his official duties.