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fanfaronade
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fanfaronade
Fanfaronade \Fan*far`on*ade"\, n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp.
fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.]
A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
fanfaronade
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.