rodomontade

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

/ ˌrɒd ə mɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊ də- /

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noun

vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.

adjective

bragging.

verb (used without object), rod·o·mon·tad·ed, rod·o·mon·tad·ing.

to boast; brag; talk big.

Origin of rodomontade

1605–15; <Middle French <Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade-ade¹

Words nearby rodomontade

Rodin, Rodin, Auguste, rodman, rod mill, Rodney, rodomontade, Rodrigo, Rodzinski, roe, Roebling, roebuck

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Example sentences from the Web for rodomontade

The impostor they follow has nothing but fustian and rodomontade in his impudent lying book from beginning to end.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems|Walter Savage Landor
The death of Sir Richard Grenville was emphatically what the sixteenth century described as a rodomontade in act.
A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688|David Hannay
This was rodomontade, with the advanced troops of the whole army now within sight of Paris.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846|Various
Except for this exhibition of rodomontade his address was a wonderful display of reasoning and erudition.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge

There was in the action as well as in the literature of the Elizabethan time a strain of rodomontade.
A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688|David Hannay

British Dictionary definitions for rodomontade

rodomontade

/ (ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑːd) literary /

noun

boastful words or behaviour; bragging
(as modifier)rodomontade behaviour

verb

(intr) to boast, bluster, or rant

Word Origin for rodomontade

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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单词	rodomontade
释义	rodomontade [ rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muhn-, roh-duh- ] / ˌrɒd ə mɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑd, -mən-, ˌroʊ də- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rodomontade ON THESAURUS.COM noun vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk. adjective bragging. verb (used without object), rod·o·mon·tad·ed, rod·o·mon·tad·ing. to boast; brag; talk big. Origin of rodomontade 1605–15; <Middle French <Italian Rodomonte, the boastful king of Algiers in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso + Middle French -ade-ade¹ Words nearby rodomontade Rodin, Rodin, Auguste, rodman, rod mill, Rodney, rodomontade, Rodrigo, Rodzinski, roe, Roebling, roebuck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rodomontade The impostor they follow has nothing but fustian and rodomontade in his impudent lying book from beginning to end. Imaginary Conversations and Poems\|Walter Savage Landor The death of Sir Richard Grenville was emphatically what the sixteenth century described as a rodomontade in act. A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688\|David Hannay This was rodomontade, with the advanced troops of the whole army now within sight of Paris. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846\|Various Except for this exhibition of rodomontade his address was a wonderful display of reasoning and erudition. The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4\|Albert J. Beveridge There was in the action as well as in the literature of the Elizabethan time a strain of rodomontade. A Short History of the Royal Navy 1217 to 1688\|David Hannay British Dictionary definitions for rodomontade rodomontade / (ˌrɒdəmɒnˈteɪd, -ˈtɑːd) literary / noun boastful words or behaviour; bragging (as modifier)rodomontade behaviour verb (intr) to boast, bluster, or rant Word Origin for rodomontade 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 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 Words related to rodomontade grandiloquence, bombast, boast, braggart, rant, pretension, pride, bluster
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rodomontade

noun

adjective

verb (used without object), rod·o·mon·tad·ed, rod·o·mon·tad·ing.

Origin of rodomontade

Words nearby rodomontade

Example sentences from the Web for rodomontade

British Dictionary definitions for rodomontade

noun

verb

Word Origin for rodomontade

Words related to rodomontade