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.
[French, from Italian rodomontada , from Rodomonte , , arrogant Saracen leader in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto .]
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]
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 -ade 1 ]
rodomontade - Meaning loud bragging, it got its name from Rodomonto, a loud bragging Moorish king of epics.See also related terms for
loud .
rodomontade Past participle: rodomontadedGerund: rodomontadingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative rodomontade rodomontade
Present I rodomontade you rodomontade he/she/it rodomontades we rodomontade you rodomontade they rodomontade
Preterite I rodomontaded you rodomontaded he/she/it rodomontaded we rodomontaded you rodomontaded they rodomontaded
Present Continuous I am rodomontading you are rodomontading he/she/it is rodomontading we are rodomontading you are rodomontading they are rodomontading
Present Perfect I have rodomontaded you have rodomontaded he/she/it has rodomontaded we have rodomontaded you have rodomontaded they have rodomontaded
Past Continuous I was rodomontading you were rodomontading he/she/it was rodomontading we were rodomontading you were rodomontading they were rodomontading
Past Perfect I had rodomontaded you had rodomontaded he/she/it had rodomontaded we had rodomontaded you had rodomontaded they had rodomontaded
Future I will rodomontade you will rodomontade he/she/it will rodomontade we will rodomontade you will rodomontade they will rodomontade
Future Perfect I will have rodomontaded you will have rodomontaded he/she/it will have rodomontaded we will have rodomontaded you will have rodomontaded they will have rodomontaded
Future Continuous I will be rodomontading you will be rodomontading he/she/it will be rodomontading we will be rodomontading you will be rodomontading they will be rodomontading
Present Perfect Continuous I have been rodomontading you have been rodomontading he/she/it has been rodomontading we have been rodomontading you have been rodomontading they have been rodomontading
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been rodomontading you will have been rodomontading he/she/it will have been rodomontading we will have been rodomontading you will have been rodomontading they will have been rodomontading
Past Perfect Continuous I had been rodomontading you had been rodomontading he/she/it had been rodomontading we had been rodomontading you had been rodomontading they had been rodomontading
Conditional I would rodomontade you would rodomontade he/she/it would rodomontade we would rodomontade you would rodomontade they would rodomontade
Past Conditional I would have rodomontaded you would have rodomontaded he/she/it would have rodomontaded we would have rodomontaded you would have rodomontaded they would have rodomontaded
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Noun 1. rodomontade - vain and empty boasting
rodomontade also rhodomontadenoun adjective Characterized by or given to boasting:
verb To talk with excessive pride:
