rodomontade

rod·o·mon·tade  (rd-mn-td, -täd, rd-)

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.

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[French, from Italian rodomontada, from Rodomonte, arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rodomontade - vain and empty boasting braggadocio, rhodomontade, bluster boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives

Translations

rodomontade [ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd] N → fanfarronada f

rodomontade

n (liter) → Prahlerei f, → Bramarbasieren nt (geh)