rod·o·mon·tade (r d  -mn-t d , -täd, r d-)n. Pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster: "a detestable compound of vulgarity and rodomontade" (John Morley). adj. Pretentiously boastful or bragging. intr.v. ro·do·mon·tad·ed, ro·do·mon·tad·ing, ro·do·mon·tades To boast or brag; bluster. [French, from Italian rodomontada, from Rodomonte, arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.] |
rodomontade [ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd -ˈtɑːd] Literary
n
a. boastful words or behaviour; bragging
b. (as modifier) rodomontade behaviour
vb
(intr) to boast, bluster, or rant
[from French, from Italian rodomonte a boaster, from Rodomonte the name of a braggart king of Algiers in epic poems by Boiardo and Ariosto]
rodomontade - Meaning loud bragging, it got its name from Rodomonto, a loud bragging Moorish king of epics.
See also related terms for loud.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | rodomontade - vain and empty boasting |
Translations
rodomontade
n (liter) → Prahlerei f, → Bramarbasieren nt (geh)
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