Gascon
kən noun
1.
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
2.
( lowercase ) a boaster or braggart.
adjective
3.
pertaining to Gascony or its people.
4.
( lowercase ) boastful; bragging.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English gascoyne, gascoun < Old French, ultimately < Latin Vascōnēs the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas
1325–75; Middle English gascoyne, gascoun < Old French, ultimately < Latin Vascōnēs the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas
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| —n | |
| rare a boaster; braggart | |
| [C14: from Old French gascoun; compare Latin Vasconēs Basque] | |
| Gascon (ˈɡæskən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a native or inhabitant of Gascony |
| 2. | the dialect of French spoken in Gascony |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to Gascony, its inhabitants, or their dialect of French |
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Gascon
"native of Gascony," late 14c., from M.Fr., from V.L. *Wasco, from L. Vasco, sing. of Vascones, the name of the ancient inhabitants of the Pyrénées (see Basque). Proverbially a boastful people, hence gasconade (n.), "bragging talk," 1709, from French.
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