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Antonyms for gasconade

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gas-kuh-neyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˌgæs kəˈneɪd

Definition of gasconade

Origin :
  • 1709 (n.); 1727 (v.), from French gasconade (see Gascon + -ade); from gasconner (16c.) "to boast, brag," literally "to talk like a Gascon."
  • verb boast
Example sentences :
  • It was the first seat of Gasconade County, but was supplanted by Hermann.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV » by Edwin James
  • Near the mouth of Gasconade River we met the Oto steam-boat.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) » by Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
  • But the officers who lead the troops do not allow their enemies the monopoly of gasconade.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
  • My first night from Rolla was passed on the banks of the Gasconade.
  • Extract from : « Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field » by Thomas W. Knox
  • This is at the foot of a bluff facing the Gasconade, 2½ miles below Gascondy.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Investigations » by Gerard Fowke
  • At the distance of fifteen miles we encamped on a willow island, at the entrance of the river Gasconade.
  • Extract from : « History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. » by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
  • Near the Gasconade, where we took in wood, many interesting plants were in blossom.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) » by Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied
  • Early next morning, at the mouth of the Gasconade, they encountered the first of the obstacles which they had been dreading.
  • Extract from : « With Sully into the Sioux Land » by Joseph Mills Hanson
  • By the time the last one had passed the Gasconade, it was evening again, and the fleet was strung out for miles up the river.
  • Extract from : « With Sully into the Sioux Land » by Joseph Mills Hanson
  • There is a small cave near the top of the bluff facing the Gasconade, a short distance above the mouth of Little Piney.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Investigations » by Gerard Fowke

Synonyms for gasconade

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