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Definition of Fanfaronade
1. n. A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
Definition of Fanfaronade
1. Noun. Empty boasting, wildly self-assertive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fanfaronade
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fanfaronade
1. A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Origin: F. Fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. Fanfarronada. See Fanfaron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanfaronade
Literary usage of Fanfaronade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Series of Letters from London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59 by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas (1869)
"If I stopped long enough to arrange ideas and words, I should be worse fagged
than I was in shooting, and you would lose this precious piece of fanfaronade ..."
2. White's People's Webster: A Dictionary of the English Language, Giving the by M. White, Noah Webster (1899)
"The fourth of an English penny; the smallest British coin. fane, n. A temple; a
church. fanfaron', n. A boaster; a bully. [tation. fanfaronade', n. ..."
3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1826)
"We laugh at the fanfaronade of the French, but never in my life did I see
fanfaronade approaching in extravagance to the fanfaronade of this piece, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"1799. sees us defile with jingle and fanfaronade; but the Camp of Twenty Thousand,
the Priest-Decree, be-vetoed by Majesty, are become impossible for ..."
5. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1908)
"Legislative listens to the ' tocsin in our hearts;' grants us honours of the
sitting, sees us defile with jingle and fanfaronade; but the ' Camp of ..."
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