English Dictionary

fanfaronade

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Empty, self-assertive boasting.

日本語の意味

虚勢を張る行為、威勢を張って自慢すること、空虚な自慢

His constant fanfaronade made it hard for anyone to take his opinions seriously.

彼の絶え間ない虚勢のために、誰も彼の意見を真剣に受け止められなかった。

意味（1）

Empty, self-assertive boasting.

[…] the Gasconads of France, Rodomontads of Spain, Fanfaronads of Italy, and Bragadochio brags of all other countries, could no more astonish his invincible heart, then would the cheeping of a mouse a bear robbed of her whelps.

fanfaronades （ plural ）