gasconade
gasconade · more gasconade · most gasconade
Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boastingOf or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.
/ɡæskəˈneɪd/
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.
Origin
From French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“nFrom French gasconnade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, equivalent to Gascon (“native of Gascony”) + -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon". See French gasconnade.
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Forms
more gasconade, most gasconade| Comparative | more gasconade Lesson |
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| Superlative | most gasconade Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.