Obs. [a. F. bravade, (according to Littré) ad. It. bravata bragging, boasting, f. bravare to brag, boast, f. bravo: see BRAVE. Cf. also Sp. bravada, and see -ADE.] = BRAVADO.
1579. J. Stubbes, Gaping Gulf, C vj. Euen so will it be harder then yron for Englishmen to digest … the french insolencies and disdaynefull brauades.
1676. Packet Adv. to Men of Shaftesb., 40. What occasion or need his Lordship had of this high Bravade.
1778. Robertson, Hist. Amer., II. v. 80. He … disregarded this vain bravade.
1833. Fraser’s Mag., VIII. 304. He ventured, by way of bravade, upon a single glass of claret.
