Literary notes about Gasconade (AI summary)
The word gasconade in literature manifests a remarkable duality of meaning. On one hand, authors invoke the term to denote empty boasting, inflated claims, or bombastic rhetoric, casting characters who indulge in such behavior in a humorous or critical light [1, 2, 3, 4]. On the other hand, gasconade also serves as a geographical marker, appearing in the names of rivers and natural landmarks that impart a distinctive regional flavor to narratives [5, 6, 7, 8]. This versatility enriches literary language by allowing a single term to evoke both the abstract quality of boast and the tangible essence of the landscape.
- I became more and more convinced that the pompous story of the victory the day before was a mere gasconade.
— from Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements Between the Allied Armies of the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813 by Frederic Shoberl - Or should we say, this is mean, cowardly business—empty boasting—gasconade!
— from Trip to the West and Texas comprising a journey of eight thousand miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the autumn and winter of 1834-5. by A. A. (Amos Andrew) Parker - It was not the vainglorious gasconade of a swashbuckler.
— from A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans - No one excelled him in ingenuity, eloquence, bombast, gasconade or dialectic skill.
— from Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time. by Brantz Mayer - 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.
— from With Sully into the Sioux Land by Joseph Mills Hanson - ToList Three small cairns, built of small stones, stood on the point of the bluff at the junction of Little Piney and the Gasconade.
— from Archeological InvestigationsBureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke - Along the waters of Gasconade and Black rivers the hills are frequently abrupt and rocky, with strips of rich alluvion along the water courses.
— from A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck - A short distance from the building is a high vertical cliff rising almost directly from the Gasconade.
— from Archeological InvestigationsBureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke
