different between gasconade vs gasconader

gasconade

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

Translations

References

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gasconader

English

Etymology

gasconade +? -er

Noun

gasconader (plural gasconaders)

  1. A great boaster; a blusterer.

gasconader From the web:

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