Gasconism

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noun

Bragging; boastfulness.

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Meanings

nounGasconism (countable and uncountable, plural Gasconisms)

plural Gasconisms

  1. countableuncountableBragging; boastfulness.
  2. countableuncountableA 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

Origin

From Gascon + -ism.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Scoganism
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APA

Gasconism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gasconism

MLA

“Gasconism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gasconism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gasconism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gasconism.

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