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fanfaronade

noun /ˌfænfɛɹəˈneɪd/

  1. Empty, self-assertive boasting; an instance of such behaviour.

    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.

  2. Loud, showy display, celebration or proclamation (of something), sometimes involving the playing of trumpets or other musical instruments.

    countable, uncountable

    With a fanfaronade of welcome they lowered their drawbridges

Where it comes from

From French fanfaronnade (“bragging, boasting”); other senses influenced by fanfare.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fanfaronade (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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