rodomontade
Americannoun
adjective
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of rodomontade
First recorded in 1605–15; from Middle French, from Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade -ade 1
Example Sentences
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The rodomontade was, Laurel saw, a gag, but the essence of its truth was soon realized.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2015
What eristic discipline they brought to their sciolistic quibbles, though prone to occasional bursts of rodomontade!
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2015
It is merely that such arguments are unnecessary, that anyone is capable, with less rodomontade, of precisely the deductions which he achieves.
From Time Magazine Archive
It celebrates the chicanery of the human spirit, the love of raillery and rodomontade.
From Time Magazine Archive
In general, the French captains have more rodomontade and solemnity, with less buffoonery, than their Italian prototypes.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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