Definition of fanfaronade

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fan·far·o·nade    (fnfr--nd, -näd) KEY  

NOUN:

1. Bragging or blustering manner or behavior.
2. A fanfare.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French fanfaronnade, from Spanish fanfarronada, bluster, from fanfarrón, a braggart, perhaps from Arabic farfr, talkative, from farfara, to become agitated, become talkative

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