rodomontade
[ rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muh n-, roh-duh- ]
/ ˌrɒd ə mɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊ də- /
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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Nearby words
rodi, rodin, rodin, auguste, rodman, rodney, rodomontade, rodrigo, rodzinski, roe, roe deer, roe versus wade
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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British Dictionary definitions for rodomontade
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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Word Origin and History for rodomontade
rodomontade
1610s (earlier rodomontado, 1590s), "vain boasting like that of Rodomonte," character in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." In dialectal Italian the name means literally "one who rolls (away) the mountain."
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