gasconade

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Boastful talk. countable,uncountable
    — […] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.
    W. Cunningham Mallory
动词 v.
  1. To talk boastfully. derogatory,obsolete
    — The Frenchman, not being able to bring the precise number, received only, as the first month's pay, 2,000 rupees. He demanded an audience, talked loud, and gasconaded.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic. obsolete
    — But Poetry and her sister arts are now in the decline; since the Gasconade style is out of date they seem quite at a stand.

词形变化

gasconades plural Gasconade alternative more gasconade comparative most gasconade superlative Gasconade alternative gasconades present,singular,third-person gasconading participle,present gasconaded participle,past gasconaded past Gasconade alternative

词源

词源 1
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
词源 2
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
词源 3
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
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