gasconade
/ɡæskəˈneɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of gasconade.
name
A small city in Gasconade County, Missouri, United States, named after the Gasconade River.
name
the Gasconade River, a river in Missouri which flows into the Missouri River near the above town.
verb
Alternative spelling of gasconade.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps."
- "If the Author was Jesuite enough to say this to himself, before he wrote it, he may come off. If not, it will prove a most unconscionable Gasconade. Pate ᵃ was never Bishop of Rochester, but of Worcester; he was not Banish'd, but Fed; and this not in King Edward's time, but in King Henry's."
- ""This Gasconade surprised Le Maitre — 'You'll see,' said he, whispering to me, 'that he does not know a single note.'""
- ""Just now... a cry from the opposite party who are content when they have enough, and like to look on and enjoy in the meanwhile, savours a little of bravado and gasconade.""
- "" The tricks, the Gasconnades, the buffooneries had gone.""
- "Nor was the president's talk of abundant and inexhaustible resources mere gasconade."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
gasconades (plural)
more gasconade (comparative)
most gasconade (superlative)
gasconades (present, singular)
gasconading (participle, present)
gasconaded (participle, past)
gasconaded (past)