Definitions for fanfarons

fanfarons fan·fa·ron

Spelling: [fan-fuh-ron]
IPA: /ˈfæn fəˌrɒn/

Fanfarons is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in fanfarons (aaffnnors).

Definitions for fanfarons

noun

  1. a braggart.
  2. a fanfare.
  3. a braggart.
  4. a fanfare.

Origin of fanfarons

1615-25; French Spanish fanfarrón braggart, said to be of expressive orig.

Examples for fanfarons

He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.

Peregrine, glowing with resentment, called him a fanfaron, and withdrew in expectation of being followed into the street.

Peregrine, glowing with resentment, called him a fanfaron, and withdrew in expectation of being followed into the street.

He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.

Word Value for fanfarons
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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