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fan⋅fa⋅ron⋅ade
/
ˈfæn
fər
əˈneɪd
/
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–noun
bragging; bravado; bluster.
Origin:
1645–55;
< F
fanfaronnade
< Sp
fanfarronada.
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fanfaron
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fan·far·o·nade
(fān'fār-ə-nād', -näd')
n.
Bragging or blustering manner or behavior.
A fanfare.
[French
fanfaronnade
, from Spanish
fanfarronada
,
bluster
, from
fanfarrón
,
a braggart
, perhaps from Arabic
farfār
,
talkative
, from
farfara
,
to become agitated, become talkative
.]
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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