/gas"keuhn/ , n.
1. a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
2. ( l.c. ) a boaster or braggart.
adj.
3. pertaining to Gascony or its people.
4. ( l.c. ) boastful; bragging.
[ 1325-75; ME gascoyne, gascoun Vascones the inhabitants of the Basque country and adjacent areas ]