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Fanfarʹonade (4 syl.)

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Swaggering; vain boasting; ostentatious display. (See above.)

“The bishop copied this proceeding from the fanfaronade of M. Boufflers.”—Swift.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Family
Fan
Fan-light (A)
Fanatic
Fancy
Fancy-free
Fancy Man (A)
Fancy-sick
Fanesii
Fanfaron
Fanfaronade
Fang
Fangs
Fangled
Fanny Fern
Fantigue
Fantoccini [fanto-cheny]
Fantom-corn
Fantom-fellow
Fantom-flesh
Far and Away