different between bluster vs gasconade

English

Etymology

From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bl?s.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?s.t?/
• (US)
• (General Australian)
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Noun

bluster (countable and uncountable, plural blusters)

1. Pompous, officious talk.
2. A gust of wind.
3. Fitful noise and violence.

Synonyms

• (pompous talk): bombast

Translations

Verb

bluster (third-person singular simple present blusters, present participle blustering, simple past and past participle blustered)

1. To speak or protest loudly.

2. To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
   • 1774, Edmund Burke, A Speech on American Taxation

     Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.

   • 1532, Thomas More, Confutation of Tyndale's Answer

     He bloweth and blustereth out […] his abominable blasphemy.

   • As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.

3. To blow in strong or sudden gusts.

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Derived terms

Anagrams

• Butlers, Struble, brustle, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels

English

Alternative forms

• Gasconade

Etymology

From French gasconade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) +? -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ask??ne?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

gasconade (countable and uncountable, plural gasconades)

1. Boastful talk.

Translations

Adjective

gasconade (comparative more gasconade, superlative most gasconade)

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.

Verb

gasconade (third-person singular simple present gasconades, present participle gasconading, simple past and past participle gasconaded)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) To talk boastfully.

Usage notes

Seldom used after the late 19th century. Appears overwhelmingly in references to the French.

Synonyms

• bluster
• boast

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References