rodomontade
[rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muh n-, roh-duh-]
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.
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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Related Words for rodomontade
grandiloquence, bombast, boast, braggart, rant, pretension, pride, blusterExamples from the Web for rodomontade
Historical Examples of rodomontade
Slang is nowadays very often the only vehicle by which rodomontade may be avoided.
The Slang DictionaryJohn Camden Hotten
Lily said, "Yes, it was so," without at all understanding what he meant by his rodomontade.
London's HeartB. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
It is amusing to trace Mr. Gosse's rodomontade to its source.
Ephemera CriticaJohn Churton Collins
They did so; and a day it was, of boast, and swagger, and rodomontade.
The Adventures of Captain BonnevilleWashington Irving
His old passion for a theatrical piece of rodomontade was not yet subdued.
The Loom of YouthAlec Waugh
rodomontade
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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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