Fanfaronade

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Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfaronnade.

Noun

Fanfaronade f (genitive Fanfaronade, plural Fanfaronaden)

  1. (archaic) fanfaronade, boasting
    Synonyms: Angeberei, Prahlerei
    • 1833, Carl von Clausewitz, Hinterlassene Werke des Generals Carl von Clausewitz über Krieg und Kriegführung: Der Feldzug von 1796 in Italien, page 186:
      Dieser Ausfall war eine Fanfaronade, die nicht anders als schlecht endigen konnte; viel gescheuter wäre es gewesen gleich nach dem Seraglio hinauszugehen und sich dort auf eine verständige Art einzurichten.
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