rodomontade

American  

[rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh-] / ˌrɒd ə mɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊ də- /

noun

1. vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.

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adjective

1. bragging.

verb (used without object)

rodomontaded, rodomontading

1. to boast; brag; talk big.

rodomontade British  

/ -ˈtɑːd, ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd /

noun

1. 1. boastful words or behaviour; bragging

   2. ( as modifier )

      rodomontade behaviour

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verb

1. (intr) to boast, bluster, or rant

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

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

Just as a firing squad is about to punctuate Gerard's career of rodomontade, Bonaparte steps before the muskets and saves his brigadier.

From Time Magazine Archive

From toppling seas to garish motel interiors, from Huck Finn fishermen to Piranesian renderings of ruined superbowls, all the rodomontade of fallen America is there.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will never marry a man I do not love——" "No silly rodomontade, if you please, my dear.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans