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
Most excesses do not display the exaggerator's art in it's best light: they are merely blurbs and rodomontade.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his next rodomontade, Evangelist Sunday became emphatic.
From Time Magazine Archive
His old passion for a theatrical piece of rodomontade was not yet subdued.
From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec
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