Tartarin, n.3
(ˈtɑːtərɪn, ‖ tartarɛ̃)
Name of a bombastic character, ‘Tartarin of Tarascon’, created by A. Daudet; hence, used allusively as n. or adj.
| 1903 T.P.'s Weekly 11 Sept. 459/3 In his vivid red sash he carried two enormous pistols—tartarin pistols,..that not alone did not, but could not fire a shot. 1905 Blackw. Mag. May 643/1 There are too many loquacious Tartarins abroad without the engaging ways of the man of Tarascon. 1906 Academy 17 Nov. 492/1 Its Gasconing is in the Tartarin vein. |