Gascon

英 ['ɡæskən] 美
  • n. 吹牛的人;法国加斯科涅(Gascony)的人
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Gascon
"native of Gascony," late 14c., from Middle French Gascon, from Vulgar Latin *Wasco, from Latin Vasco, singular of Vascones, the name of the ancient inhabitants of the Pyrénées (see Basque). Among the French, proverbially a boastful people, hence gasconade (n.), "bragging talk" (1709).