There was no repose, no reticence, no self-respect and modesty about the whole affair; it was all too violent; a Fanfaronade; a coarse and ostentatious make-believe, that seemed a kind of insult to a quiet mind.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
Temple, who was sometimes in consultation with him, and was always amused by his quasi-Fanfaronade, assured me that Herriot was actually scheming.
"The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
To urge, as has been lately urged, that it lacks all human touch and is a mere intellectual Fanfaronade, and that there is not once a line of poignant insight, is altogether uncritical.
"Life of Robert Browning"
William Sharp