Blague

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To humbug; boast; lie jestingly.
  • noun. Humbug; vain boasting; pretentious falsehood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
  • Word Usage
    "Bertrand was opposite to him, and having listened with delight and reverence to some tale of knavery truly royal, was exclaiming with a look and voice expressive of the most intense admiration, “AH VIEUX BLAGEUR! va!” — the word blague is untranslatable — it means"
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    falsehood  humbug