blague
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, sweet
BLAGUE + NOUN
brides, naples
PREP.
after, from
ADV.
probably, probably
Definitions
noun
Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.
The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple.
I wonder if the cholera-sick fishing harbour is so sweet, after all! Blague probably. Blague, blague! Brides, love, Naples, joie de vivre, ancient, modern, liberal, conservative, ideal, real, natural—blague. Blague all the way.
verb
To utter blague; to tell a falsehood that no one seriously believes; to bullshit.
"Yes," said Farnham, "so the woman told me, and she added that they were authentic of the twelfth century. asked her if she could not throw off a century or two in consideration of the hard times, and she laughed, and said I blagued, and honestly she didn't know how old they were, but it was dro^le, tout de me^me, qu'on pu^t adorer un petit bon Dieu d'une laideur pareille."
"When he blagued just now about his crosses, I thought there was something in him,” whispered the Eastern hero to the painter.
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6The difference is this: one may be obliged to maintain a falsehood from feelings of pride or self-respect, but a blague can be given up without a scruple.
WiktionaryI wonder if the cholera-sick fishing harbour is so sweet, after all! Blague probably. Blague, blague! Brides, love, Naples, joie de vivre, ancient, modern, liberal, conservative, ideal, real, natural—
WiktionaryThe blague differs from the laughter of, say, Hugo's L'Homme qui rit, just as it is distinct from irony, which is never coarse or untrue, and indeed presupposes a whole shared system of values.
Wiktionary"Yes," said Farnham, "so the woman told me, and she added that they were authentic of the twelfth century. asked her if she could not throw off a century or two in consideration of the hard times, and
Wiktionary"When he blagued just now about his crosses, I thought there was something in him,” whispered the Eastern hero to the painter.
WiktionaryI left the ward with a heavy heart, though blagued to my mother later that he had been in good spirits .
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