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Definition of Gasconade
1. Verb. Show off.
Specialized synonyms: Puff, Crow, Gloat, Triumph
Generic synonyms: Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate
Derivative terms: Bluster, Bluster, Blusterer, Boast, Boaster, Brag, Braggart, Bragger, Vaunt, Vaunter
2. Noun. An instance of boastful talk. "Whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
Generic synonyms: Boast, Boasting, Jactitation, Self-praise
Derivative terms: Brag, Braggy, Crow, Crow, Crow
Definition of Gasconade
1. n. A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.
2. v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster.
Definition of Gasconade
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gasconade) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of gasconade) ¹
3. Noun. Boastful talk. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete derogatory) To talk boastfully. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasconade
1. [v -NADED, -NADING, -NADES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasconade
Literary usage of Gasconade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Barite Deposits of Missouri and the Geology of the Barite District by William Arthur Tarr (1918)
"Gasconade formation The Gasconade formation includes dolomite, chert, ...
The Gasconade formation is chiefly in the southwestern and middle western parts of ..."
2. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"The Gasconade River bridge disaster of November 1, 1855, on the Pacific, is
evidence of this haste ... At about noon the train reached the Gasconade River. ..."
3. The Geography of the Ozark Highland of Missouri by Carl Ortwin Sauer (1920)
"The region is inclosed completely by ridges of Gasconade and Potosi limestone.
It includes four major basins, Fredericktown, Farmington, ..."
4. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Gasconade, an E. county of ... the Missouri river, and intersected by the Gasconade
river; area, 540 sq. m.; pop. iu 1870, 10093, of whom 80 were colored. ..."
5. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"canvass, the speeches on the stump, the able discussion of the situation by the
press, show that these menaces were regarded as Southern gasconade. ..."
6. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1902)
"... Woman river— Gasconade and Osage rivers described—Character of the Osage
Indians—Curious traditionary account of their Origin— The party proceed and ..."
7. The Barite Deposits of Missouri and the Geology of the Barite District by William Arthur Tarr (1918)
"Gasconade formation The Gasconade formation includes dolomite, chert, ...
The Gasconade formation is chiefly in the southwestern and middle western parts of ..."
8. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"The Gasconade River bridge disaster of November 1, 1855, on the Pacific, is
evidence of this haste ... At about noon the train reached the Gasconade River. ..."
9. The Geography of the Ozark Highland of Missouri by Carl Ortwin Sauer (1920)
"The region is inclosed completely by ridges of Gasconade and Potosi limestone.
It includes four major basins, Fredericktown, Farmington, ..."
10. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Gasconade, an E. county of ... the Missouri river, and intersected by the Gasconade
river; area, 540 sq. m.; pop. iu 1870, 10093, of whom 80 were colored. ..."
11. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1892)
"canvass, the speeches on the stump, the able discussion of the situation by the
press, show that these menaces were regarded as Southern gasconade. ..."
12. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1902)
"... Woman river— Gasconade and Osage rivers described—Character of the Osage
Indians—Curious traditionary account of their Origin— The party proceed and ..."
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