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fanfaronade, n.|ˌfænfərəˈneɪd, fɑ̃farɔnad|
Also 9 fanfaronnade, -arronade.
[ad. F. fanfaronnade, f. fanfaron. Cf. Sp. fanfarronada.]
1. Boisterous or arrogant language, boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 217 The Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy. a1745Swift Pref. Bp. Sarum's Intro. Wks. 1841 I. 379 b, The bishop copied this proceeding from the fanfaronade of Monsieur Bouffleurs. 1784R. Bage Barham Downs II. 259 He damned her ingratitude; She, his fanfarronade. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 24 [It] diverted me..by the fanfaronades that it contained. 1814Scott Diary 24 Aug., He seems to..act..like a chief, without the fanfaronade of the character. 1865Kingsley Herew. xii. (1866) 165 They outvied each other in impossible fanfarronades.
¶2. = fanfare.
1812Examiner 12 Oct. 652/2 The fanfarronade..of the favourite Hussars. 1861D. Cook P. Foster's D. i, So much by way of a fanfaronade before the showman pulls the strings.
Hence ˌfanfaroˈnade v. intr., to bluster, swagger. ˌfanfaroˈnading vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. viii. 58 With ceremonial evolution and manœuvre, with fanfaronading..they made oath..to stand faithfully by one another. Ibid. II. vi. viii. 422 Fanfaronading emigrants. 1878Bayne Purit. Rev. v. 157 His professed contempt for impossibility was useful only for fanfaronading purposes. |