gasconade

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This gasconade is backed up by the nearby portraits he made of other artists indebted to his influence: Basquiat, Clemente, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

They deliberated, debated, uttered paragraphs of chemical formulae that were, when understood, criticism, gasconade and prophecy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pennell's Pen Joseph Pennell, famed painter, etcher, published* a gasconade, prefaced with a diatribe—Etchers and Etching.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the opinion of some observers, Senator Glass's gasconade was all that had been necessary to "terminate the practice" without further ado.

From Time Magazine Archive

Russell, he thought, had been indulging in some foolish gasconade about himself, and had let out the secret of Katie's fortune.

From A Castle in Spain A Novel by De Mille, James