Associations to the word «Gascon»

Wiktionary

GASCON, noun. A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France. [from 14th c.]
GASCON, noun. (obsolete) A braggart; a bully.
GASCON, adjective. Of or relating to Gascony.
GASCON, adjective. (obsolete) braggart; swaggering
GASCON, proper noun. The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
GASCON OCCITAN, proper noun. A dialect of the Occitan language spoken in parts of southern France and northern Spain.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley