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Gasconisms

Gasconisms is the plural of Gasconism.

Meaning of Gasconism

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

Questions about Gasconisms

What is Gasconisms the plural of?
Gasconisms is the plural of Gasconism.

Words near Gasconisms in the dictionary

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

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