fanfaronade

[ fan-fer-uh-neyd ]

/ ˈfæn fər əˈneɪd /

bragging; bravado; bluster.

Origin of fanfaronade

1645–55; < French fanfaronnade < Spanish fanfarronada. See fanfaron, -ade¹

faneuil, faneuil hall, fanfani, fanfare, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfic, fanfish, fanfold, fang, fang lizhi

Jessie had heard all this fanfaronade, and much more from Mrs. Baxter, but she was not thinking of it now.

Jessamine |Marion Harland
But the Princess scarcely gave a glance to any of these treasures, for she thought of nothing but Fanfaronade.

The Red Fairy Book |Various
There was, no doubt, in the movement a good deal of claret and fanfaronade.

Irish History and the Irish Question |Goldwin Smith
At the sight of him the Princess lost her wits entirely, and determined that Fanfaronade and nobody else would she marry.

The Red Fairy Book |Various

Murat's personal intrepidity, and even his fanfaronade, excited an interest for him in Europe.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 |Various

fanfaronade

/ (ˌfænfərəˈnɑːd) /

rare boasting or flaunting behaviour; bluster

C17: via French from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón boaster, from Arabic farfār garrulous