Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bravado .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Bravado.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
bravado .
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Examples
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The steward departed without replying to this bravade, otherwise than by a dark look of scorn.
The Abbot 2008
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But that posture could be carried to excess and become bravade, or bravado.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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But that posture could be carried to excess and become bravade, or bravado.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Montmorency was struck with Du Bourg's boldness, and exclaimed, "Vous faictes la bravade."
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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` ` Get thy wounds healed, purvey thee a better horse, and it may be I will hold it worth my while to scourge out of thee this boyish spirit of bravade. ''
Ivanhoe 1892
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"Get thy wounds healed, purvey thee a better horse, and it may be I will hold it worth my while to scourge out of thee this boyish spirit of bravade."
Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819
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‘N’es-tu pas le Beowulf qui essaya ses forces à la nage sur la mer immense avec Breca quand, par bravade, vous avez tenté les flots et que vous avez follement hasardé votre vie dans l’eau profonde?
The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919
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