Defn: See Gaskins, 1. Lyly.
GASCON
Gas"con (; F. ), a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. — n.
Defn: A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.
GASCONADE
Gas`con*ade", n. Etym: [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of
Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.]
Defn: A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift.
GASCONADE
Gas`con*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gasconading.]
Defn: To boast; to brag; to bluster.
GASCONADER
Gas`con*ad"er, n.
Defn: A great boaster; a blusterer.