Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To humbug; boast; lie jestingly.
- noun Humbug; vain boasting; pretentious falsehood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
mendacious boasting ;falsehood ;humbug
Etymologies
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Examples
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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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-- the word blague is untranslatable -- it means FRENCH humbug as distinct from all other; and only those who know the value of an epigram in France, an epigram so wonderfully just, a little word so curiously comprehensive, can fancy the kind of rage and rapture with which it was received.
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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This foolish "blague" was accompanied by a description of Edison's new "aerophone," a steam machine which carried the voice a distance of one and a half miles.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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"blague," but, curious to say, the sequel completely justified both assertions.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
Riches 2010
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
Felix et errabunda L 2009
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
Happy Fourth! 2009
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Sancta Rufola, la noble patronne de cette blague! mes devises
pavonine commented on the word blague
a practical joke, playful deception, raillery, etc.
August 18, 2008
rolig commented on the word blague
hmm… not unlike certain blogs I've seen.
August 18, 2008
qms commented on the word blague
The venue in vogue was the stage
And plays about plague were the rage.
His ague a blague yet
Still vaguely on target
Gave tongue to the fears of the age.
January 10, 2017