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rodomontade
rod·o·mon·tade R0282800 (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) na. boastful words or behaviour; braggingb. (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 -ade1] 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: rodomontaded
Gerund: rodomontading
| Imperative |
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| rodomontade | | rodomontade |
| Present |
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| I rodomontade | | you rodomontade | | he/she/it rodomontades | | we rodomontade | | you rodomontade | | they rodomontade |
| Preterite |
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| I rodomontaded | | you rodomontaded | | he/she/it rodomontaded | | we rodomontaded | | you rodomontaded | | they rodomontaded |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am rodomontading | | you are rodomontading | | he/she/it is rodomontading | | we are rodomontading | | you are rodomontading | | they are rodomontading |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have rodomontaded | | you have rodomontaded | | he/she/it has rodomontaded | | we have rodomontaded | | you have rodomontaded | | they have rodomontaded |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was rodomontading | | you were rodomontading | | he/she/it was rodomontading | | we were rodomontading | | you were rodomontading | | they were rodomontading |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had rodomontaded | | you had rodomontaded | | he/she/it had rodomontaded | | we had rodomontaded | | you had rodomontaded | | they had rodomontaded |
| Future |
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| I will rodomontade | | you will rodomontade | | he/she/it will rodomontade | | we will rodomontade | | you will rodomontade | | they will rodomontade |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would rodomontade | | you would rodomontade | | he/she/it would rodomontade | | we would rodomontade | | you would rodomontade | | they would rodomontade |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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| Noun | 1. | rodomontade - vain and empty boastingbraggadocio, rhodomontade, blusterboast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives |
rodomontade also rhodomontade
nounAn act of boasting:boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt.Informal: blow.adjectiveCharacterized by or given to boasting:boastful, braggart.verbTo talk with excessive pride:boast, brag, crow, gasconade, vaunt.Informal: blow.Translations
rodomontade
Synonyms for rodomontadenoun an act of boastingSynonyms- boast
- brag
- braggadocio
- fanfaronade
- gasconade
- vaunt
- blow
adj characterized by or given to boastingSynonymsverb to talk with excessive prideSynonyms- boast
- brag
- crow
- gasconade
- vaunt
- blow
Synonyms for rodomontadenoun vain and empty boastingSynonyms- braggadocio
- rhodomontade
- bluster
Related Words- boast
- boasting
- jactitation
- self-praise
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