Etymology

fanfaronade

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Today it means: Empty, self-assertive boasting; an instance of such behaviour. Full definition →

French fanfaronnade
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromfanfaronnade“bragging, boasting”
  2. English todayfanfaronade

From French fanfaronnade (“bragging, boasting”); other senses influenced by fanfare.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.