fanfaronade
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noun \ˌfan-ˌfa-rə-ˈnād, -ˈnäd\Definition of FANFARONADE
: empty boasting : bluster
Examples of FANFARONADE
- <all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade>
Origin of FANFARONADE
French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón braggart
First Known Use: 1652
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- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, bombast, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
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