as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
the Baron Münchhausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 1 Jun. 2023.
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