Belated Friday word: Fanfaronade

[med_cat]

Fanfaronade: \ˌfan-ˌfa-rə-ˈnād, -ˈnäd\

Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display

Example:

<all his talk of how he would easily win the boxing match turned out to be so much fanfaronade>

Etymology:

French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón braggart

First Known Use: 1652

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Not to be confused with a rodomantade.

---L.

[med_cat]

Indeed ;)