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fanfaronade

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fan⋅fa⋅ron⋅ade

  [fan-fer-uh-neyd]
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–noun
bragging; bravado; bluster.
Origin:
1645–55; < F fanfaronnade < Sp fanfarronada. See fanfaron, -ade 1
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fan·far·o·nade   (fān'fār-ə-nād', -näd')   
n.  

  1. Bragging or blustering manner or behavior.

  2. 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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