rodomontade

rod·o·mon·tade

 (rŏd′ə-mŏn-tād′, -täd′, rō′də-)

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.

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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)

n

a. boastful words or behaviour; bragging

b. (as modifier): rodomontade behaviour.

vb

(intr) to boast, bluster, or rant

[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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rod•o•mon•tade

(ˌrɒd ə mənˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, ˌroʊ də-)

n.

1. vainglorious boasting; blustering talk.

adj.

2. boastful.

[1605–15; < Middle French, = Italian Rodomonte the boastful king of Algiers in Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade -ade¹]

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rodomontade

- Meaning loud bragging, it got its name from Rodomonto, a loud bragging Moorish king of epics.

See also related terms for loud.

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rodomontade

Past participle: rodomontaded
Gerund: rodomontading

Imperative

rodomontade

rodomontade

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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rodomontade

also rhodomontade
noun

An act of boasting:

boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt.

Informal: blow.

adjective

Characterized by or given to boasting:

boastful, braggart.

verb

To talk with excessive pride:

boast, brag, crow, gasconade, vaunt.

Informal: blow.

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Translations

rodomontade

[ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd] N → fanfarronada f

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rodomontade

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

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