Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.]

A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. --Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.]

To boast; to brag; to bluster.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)