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Gasconism

Gasconism noun: bragging; boastfulness.

Noun

Gasconism (countable and uncountable, plural Gasconisms)

  1. Bragging; boastfulness.
  2. A Gascon idiom or expression.
    • So that the Latinisms — as again the Gasconisms that betray his origin, — are assimilated into the substance of his writing rather than appended as foreign elements.1898, Mary E. Lowndes, Michel de Montaigne: A Biographical Study, page 159

Forms of Gasconism

pluralGasconisms

Origin of Gasconism

From Gascon + -ism.

Questions about Gasconism

What does Gasconism mean?
Gasconism means bragging; boastfulness.
What part of speech is Gasconism?
Gasconism is a noun.
What is the plural of Gasconism?
The plural of Gasconism is Gasconisms.

Words near Gasconism in the dictionary

  1. gasconaders
  2. gasconades
  3. gasconading
  4. Gasconian
  5. Gasconians
  6. Gasconism
  7. Gasconisms
  8. Gascons
  9. Gascony
  10. gascoyne
  11. gascoynes

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