rodomontade
[ rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh- ]
/ ˌrɒd ə mɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊ də- /
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noun
vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
adjective
verb (used without object), rod·o·mon·tad·ed, rod·o·mon·tad·ing.
to boast; brag; talk big.
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Origin of rodomontade
1605–15; <Middle French <Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade-ade1
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rodomontade
/ (ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑːd) literary /
noun
- boastful words or behaviour; bragging
- (as modifier)rodomontade behaviour
verb
(intr) to boast, bluster, or rant
Word Origin for rodomontade
C17: from French, from Italian rodomonte a boaster, from Rodomonte the name of a braggart king of Algiers in epic poems by Boiardo and Ariosto
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