Word of the Day for Tuesday July 30, 2002:
fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun:
1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior;
ostentatious display.
2. Fanfare.
George Manahan made his debut this week as music director
of New York City Opera, and it is difficult to imagine
someone laying claim to a major podium with less of a
fanfaronade.
--Justin Davidson, "A Director's Toil Pays Some Dividends,"
[1]Newsday, September 21, 1996
But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded
by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem
slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.
--Richard Stengel, "Rockets will glare and bands blare to
celebrate the statue," [2]Time, July 7, 1986
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Fanfaronade derives from Spanish fanfarronada, from fanfarrón,
"braggart," from Arabic farfar, "garrulous." |
