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rodomontade

[ rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh- ]

noun

  1. vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.


adjective

  1. bragging.

verb (used without object)

rodomontaded, rodomontading.

rodomontade

/ -ˈtÉ‘Ëd; ËŒrÉ’dÉ™mÉ’nˈteɪd /

noun

    1. boastful words or behaviour; bragging
    2. ( as modifier )

      rodomontade behaviour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to boast, bluster, or rant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of rodomontade1

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
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of rodomontade1

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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His love of words has become something of a national fascination — he drops “farrago†and “rodomontade†on Twitter, sending followers scurrying for their dictionaries.

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The rodomontade was, Laurel saw, a gag, but the essence of its truth was soon realized.

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What eristic discipline they brought to their sciolistic quibbles, though prone to occasional bursts of rodomontade!

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They wrestled the Americans toward the shed door affectionately, filling the night with manly blather and brotherly rodomontades.

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She felt that this was not mere rodomontade, but that the man was perfectly capable of doing as he had said.

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