fanfaronnade

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

fanfaronnade (countable and uncountable, plural fanfaronnades)

  1. Alternative form of fanfaronade
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      Pen hoped Pynsent might have forgotten his little fanfaronnade, and any other braggadocio speeches or actions which he might have made.

Verb[edit]

fanfaronnade (third-person singular simple present fanfaronnades, present participle fanfaronnading, simple past and past participle fanfaronnaded)

  1. Alternative form of fanfaronade

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fanfaronner +‎ -ade. Compare Italian fanfaronata.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fanfaronnade f (plural fanfaronnades)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) bragging, boasting

Descendants[edit]

  • English: fanfaronade
  • German: Fanfaronade
  • Polish: fanfaronada

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